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PUBLICATION  108. 
ZOOLOGICAL  SERIES.  VOL.  VII,  No.  2. 


A  CATALOGUE   OF  THE   FISHES  OF   BER- 
MUDA, WITH  NOTES  ON  A  COLLECTION 
MADE  IN   1905  FOR  THE  FIELD  MU- 
SEUM. 


BY 


DR.  TARLETON  H.  BEAN, 

State  Fish  Culturist  of  New  York. 


D.  G.  ELLIOT,  F.  R.  S.  E. 
Curator  of  Department. 


CHICAGO,  U.  S.  A. 
July,  1906. 


A  CATALOGUE  OF  THE  FISHES  OF  BERMUDA,  WITH  NOTES 

ON  A  COLLECTION  MADE  IN  1905  FOR 

THE  FIELD  MUSEUM. 


BY  DR.  TARLETON  H.  BEAN 

STATE  FISH  CULTURIST  OF  NEW  YORK. 


INTRODUCTION. 

The  Bermuda  Islands,  over  three  hundred  in  number,  with  their 
outlying  reefs  are  nearly  included  between  the  parallels  of  32°  10' 
and  32°  20'  N.,  and  between  the  meridians  of  64°  40'  and  65°  W. 
from  Greenwich.  The  group  is  about  600  miles  east  of  Cape  Hat- 
teras,  and  about  1,000  miles  from  the  nearest  island  of  the  West 
Indies.  "The  line  of  the  outer  reef  incloses  an  approximately 
elliptical  area,  whose  major  and  minor  axes  are  respectively  about 
twenty -five  and  about  twelve  miles  in  length.  The  major  axis 
trends  about  N.  50°  E.  Only  a  very  small  part  of  the  elliptical 
area  thus  described  is  dry  land.  The  dry  land  is  almost  confined 
to  the  south-easterly  side  of  the  ellipse,  forming  a  narrow  and 
broken  strip  about  fifteen  miles  in  length,  and  nowhere  more  than 
three  miles  in  width.  The  areas  of  the  principal  islands  are  as 
follows: 

ACRES 

"The  Main  Island 9*725 

St.  George's  Island 706 

Somerset  Island 702 

David's  Island 527 

Ireland  Island    133 

"The  whole  area  of  dry  land  in  the  archipelago  is  estimated  at 
12,378  acres.         .         .         .         .....         ... 

"The  surface  of  the  land  is  considerably  diversified,  though 
nowhere  attaining  any  great  elevation.  The  highest  hills  are  only 
about  250  feet  above  the  level  of  the  sea. 

"In  consequence  of  the  small  extent  of  the  land  both  horizon- 
tally and  vertically,  and  the  extreme  porosity. of  the  rock  of  which 
it  is  composed,  there  are  no  springs,  streams,  or  lakes  of  fresh  water 


22  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

in  the  islands.  The  rain  that  falls,  where  it  is  not  collected  in 
artificial  tanks,  soaks  down  into  the  porous  rock  until  it  mingles 
near  the  level  of  the  sea  with  the  salt  water  with  which  the  lower 
parts  of  the  rocks  are  saturated.  The  water  in  the  ponds  and 
marshes,  which  occupy  considerable  areas  in  the  less  elevated  parts 
of  the  islands,  is  always  brackish.  ....... 

' '  The  chain  of  islands  is  bordered  on  the  south-east  by  a  fringing 
reef,  distant  perhaps  a  quarter  of  a  mile  on  the  average  from  the 
shore.  On  the  north  side  of  the  ellipse  the  line  of  the  reef  is  nearly 
continuous;  but  the  only  dry  land  is  the  little  islet,  or  group  of 
islets,  the  largest  of  which,  called  North  Rock,  is  about  eight  feet  in 
diameter  and  about  fourteen  feet  in  height.  .  '. 

"The  depth  of  water  in  the  elliptical  lagoon  inclosed  by  the  outer 
reef  is  generally  six  or  eight  fathoms,  though  there  are  many  patches 
of  reef  scattered  through  the  lagoon.  Outside  of  the  reef  the  water 
deepens  gradually  for  a  mile  or  more,  the  average  depth  at  the  dis- 
tance of  a  mile  being  only  about  twelve  fathoms.  A  little  further 
from  the  shore  a  more  abrupt  descent  commences,  the  depth  at  a 
distance  of  ten  miles  in  every  direction  except  the  southwest  being 
from  1,500  to  2,250  fathoms.  'Twenty  miles  to  the  southwest- 
by-west  from  the  Bermudas  there  are  two  submerged  banks,  twen- 
ty to  forty-seven  fathoms  under  water,  showing  that  the  Bermudas 
are  not  completely  alone,  and  demonstrating  that  they  cover 
a  summit  in  a  range  of  heights.'  The  Challenger  expedition  obtained 
a  sounding  of  2,950  fathoms  about  300  miles  further  on  in  the  same 
direction,  indicating  apparently  that  the  range  is  not  of  great  extent 
in  that  direction."--  Prof.  William  North  Rice. 

The  Bermuda  islands  offer  numerous  bays  and  other  indenta- 
tions containing  sloping  beaches  of  sand  and  gravel  upon  which 
aquatic-  animals  may  readily  be  taken  by  seines.  In  only  a  few 
places  visited  by  the  writer  did  low  corals  interfere  with  the  use  of 
such  apparatus  of  capture.  During  the  course  of  an  expedition 
lasting  from  August  18  until  November  10,  1905,  almost  all  access- 
ible fishing  grounds  along  the  shores  and  on  the  outlying  soundings 
were  examined  with  great  care  and  the  commercial  fishermen  aided 
by  bringing  in  species  which  they  believed  to  be  desirable  for  the 
collection. 

The  collecting  outfit  included  all  of  the  apparatus  used  by  fish- 
ermen —  seines,  dipnets,  fish  pots,  hand  lines,  spears  —  besides 
dredges,  trawls  and  tangles  for  work  from  a  steamer  on  the  Chal- 
lenger and  Argus  banks. 

A  number  of  new  or  rare  species    were    obtained  by  resounding 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  23 

ledges  of  rock  or  isolated  pinnacles  under  which  fishes  hide,  and 
especially  at  low  water,  with  a  small,  fine-meshed  bag  seine  and 
then  poking  under  the  rocks  to  frighten  the  fish  into  the  bag  of 
the  net. 

A  haul  seine  7  and  10  feet  deep,  2,  i  and  ^  inch  mesh,  with 
bag  of  %  to  34  inch  mesh,  took  fully  one-half  of  all  -the  species 
secured.  The  fish  pots  were  found  valuable  and  some  fine-meshed 
wire  eel  pots  of  American  manufacture  were  especially  useful  for 
small  species. 

The  dredges  and  trawls,  made  in -St.  George's,  for  use  on  the 
"banks"  would  have  added  far  more  to  the  value  of  the  collections, 
but  for  the  unfavorable  weather  encountered  during  the  trip.  Both 
Challenger  and  Argus  banks  are  rich  in  animal  life  and  suitable  for 
extensive  dredging  and  trawling.  An  account  of  the  trip,  written 
by  Captain  Harry  Chester,  commanding  the  tug  Gladisfen,  is  given 
herewith : 


LOG   OF   THE    "CHALLENGER    BANK"    AND    "ARGUS    BANK"     EXPEDITION    IN    OCEAN 

TUG    "GLADISFEN,"    IN    CHARGE   OF    DR.    T.    H.    BEAN    FOR    THE    FIELD 

MUSEUM,    ON    OCTOBER    12   AND    13,    1905,    STARTING 

FROM    BERMUDA. 


9:  15  A.  M.  October  12,  1905;  9:15  A.  M.,  left  St.  George's,  Ber- 
muda, with  a  crew  of  12  men  and  outfit. 

n  A.  M.  Gibbs  Hill  Lighthouse  bearing  north,  course  W.  S.  W., 
wind  S.  S.  W. ;  fresh  wind,  and  considerable  sea  and  ocean  swell. 
Steering  for  "Challenger  Bank, "  distance  13  miles  from  Gibbs  Hill 
Lighthouse. 

12:30  P.  M.  Sounded  with  lead  line  in  58  fathoms;  i  mile  more, 
sounded  in  30  fathoms,  rocky  bottom;  stopped  steamer. 

i  p.  M.     Put  a   marking  buoy  with  flag  overboard   in   28   fathoms. 

1:15  P.  M.  Half  mile  from  our  flag  buoy  sounded  in  28  fathoms, 
rocky  bottom. 

i :  20  P.  M.  Sent  large  dredge,  weighted  with  300  Ibs.  lead,  over- 
board with  60  fathoms  of  4-inch  Manila  rope;  fresh  breeze » 
allowed  steamer  to  drift  with  dredge  rope  to  the  bow  windlass, 
for  15  minutes. 

1:35  p-  M-  Hove  up  dredge  with  steam  windlass,  it  was  empty; 
having  evidently  fallen  on  its  back. 


24  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM — -ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

1:55  P.  M.     Put  dredge  over  again. 

2:15  P.  M.  Hove  dredge  up,  and  lowered  it  again;  as  it  had  nothing 
in  it,  shifted  steamer's  position  to  the  S.  E.  %  of  a  mile  from 
marking  buoy. 

2:50  P.  M.  Sounded  28  fathoms  of  water;  caught  from  the  bottom 
sharks,  red  snappers,  rockfish,  hamlet  and  hind  with  hook  and 
line. 

3:05  P.  M.  Hoisted  our  large  dredge  up  nearly  empty  again;  bottom 
even,  hard,  level,  and  rocky,  bringing  up  small  matter  such  as 
shells  and  hydro  ids,  also  many  nodules. 

3:25  P.  M.     We  used  our  No.  2  dredge  to  bottom. 

3:40  P.  M.     Hoisted  it  up  with  windlass  and  derrick. 

3:50  P.  M.  Lowered  No.  2  dredge  again,  the  steamer  backing  and 
dragging  dredge  out  ahead. 

4: 20  P.M.  Hoisted  dredge  from  bottom;  made  a  good  catch  of 
crabs,  starfish,  brittle  stars  and  nodules. 

Wind    increased    to   strong   breeze,    sea   rough   and    steamer 
jumping  heavily  into  a  deep  ocean  swell. 

Fish  bite  readily  on  small  bait    of    fish;    bottom    even    and 
rocky. 

The    sailors    having    lines    overboard    and    putting    in    every 
spare  minute  when  not  handling  the  dredge.     Fish  plentiful. 

4:  25  P.  M.  No  holding  ground,  and  we  feel  our  anchor  now  let  go, 
with  80  fathoms  hawser,  dragging  along  over  a  pebble  and 
nodule  bottom. 

4:30  P.  M.  In  28  fathoms  of  water,  sea  getting  rougher  and  steam- 
er's deck  wet  fore  and  aft. 

Anchor   would   not   hold   on   bottom   with    100    fathoms     of 
hawser  out,  so  that  we  drifted  off  soundings. 

5:30  P.  M.  Hove  in  our  cable,  and  steamed  back  again  for  3  miles, 
steering  S.  W.  %  S.  from  the  N.  E.  edge  of  soundings,  to  wind- 
ward. 

6  P.  M.  Wind  S.  W.  stronger,  now  upon  the  middle  of  the  "Chal- 
lenger Bank,"  anchored  again  with  largest  anchor  but  again 
dragged  this  anchor,  steamed  to  the  S.  W.  2  miles  more,  where 
the  anchor  caught  in  28  fathoms,  rock,  smooth  bottom.  Fish 
biting  lively  and  decks  are  strewn  with  them,  and  sharks  plentiful. 

10  P.  M.  Anchor 'holds  in  28  fathoms,  same  bottom;  all  over  this 
bank  soundings  do  not  vary  four  fathoms,  ranging  from  28  to 
32  fathoms;  rock  bottom  and  teeming  with  fish. 

10  P.  M.  It  now  begins  to  blow  hard,  the  sea  is  high,  barometer 
unsteady,  and  steamer  rolling  and  jumping;  water  shipping 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  25 

fore  and  aft  and  not  a  dry  spot  on  de'ck. 
Anchor  is  holding. 

Gale  increasing  during  the  night  with  Manila  cable,  100 
fathoms,  out  ahead. 

Fish  bite  and  keep  coming  on  deck  from  hook  and  line. 
Flying  fish  observed  flying  in  long    half    circles  throughout 
the  afternoon  and  evening  about  the  steamer. 

12  midnight.     Steamer  dragging  anchor  for  half    a  mile  and  then 
gripped  anchor  again  in  some  rock  upon  the  level  bottom,  which 
seems  to  be  overgrown  with  sea  flora. 
It  blows  hard. 

Anchor  watch,  and  all  hands  below  for  the  night. 
4  A.  M.     Oct.  i3th,  1905. 

Steamer  started  to  drag  for  a  mile  .over  smooth  pebble  rock 
bottom  and  held  again. 

Anchor  watch  busy  at  the  anchor'  cable,  preventing  its 
chafing  off  at  the  stem  of  the  steamer;  as  ship  is  riding  and 
laboring  in  a  southwest  gale,  with  heavy  S.  W.  sea  running 
choppy  and  short,  in  28  fathoms  of  water. 

8  A.  M.     Wind  S.  S.  W.  strong,  having  somewhat  moderated  since 
early  morning.     We  hove  up  anchor,  having  had  fish  pots  out 
all  night  on  the  bottom,  but  no  fish  in  them. 
8  A.  M.     Started   for   the  "Argus  Bank"  to  S.  W.  from  "Challenger 

Bank,"  steering  by  compass  S.  W.  by  S.  X  S. 
9:  15  A.  M.     After  running  for  8^  miles  by  Patent  log,  sounded  in 

30  fathoms  on  "Argus  Bank." 

9:30  A.  M.     Course  S.  W.,  sounded  in  30  fathoms  with  two  baited 
hooks  on  leadline,  hauled  up  2  rockfish  at  once,  also  on  another 
2-hook  line  2  sharks  at  once. 
9 140  A.M.     Thirty    fathoms,    smooth    level    bottom    rocky,    hard; 

hauled  in  more  fish.  , 

9:  50  A.  M.  More   fish  biting  on  hook  bait;  red  snappers,    rockfish, 
hamlet,   etc.     Sea  rough  and  wind  blowing  fresh.     Thirty  fath- 
oms water  as  before  and  more  fish  from  bottom. 
9:  50  A.  M.     Put  dredge  No.  2  overboard  with  heavy  leads  attached; 

it  dragged  along  bottom  but  came  up  empty. 
10  A.  M.     Sent  dredge   down   again  with   90    fathoms    Manila    line; 

ship  drifting  about  2  miles  per  hour  with  the  wind  and  sea. 
10:30  A.  M.     Brought  up  pebbles  and  small  nodules,  shells,  spider 
crabs,  hydroids,  corals,  etc. 

We  found  the  bottom  of  the  "Argus  Bank"  as  level  and  uni- 
form and  rocky  as  the  "Challenger  Bank." 


26  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VoL.VII. 

10:  35  A.  M.  Put  the  Manila  rope  yarn  tangle  drag  overboard  with 
80  fathoms  of  line  and  hauled  a  great  many  hydroids  and  crus- 
taceans. 

10 :  35  A.  M.  We  hauled  in  a  fine  lot  of  fish  of  the  same  kinds  as  on 
"  Challenger  Bank"  with  hook  and  line. 

ii :  10  A.M.  Wind  now  changing  to  the  west  and  northward; 
ugly  clouds  overcast  the  horizon  and  every  indication  of  a  north- 
west gale.  We  had  the  Manila  rope  yarn  drag  overboard,  but 
the  heavy  seas  would  lift  and  jerk  it  off  the  bottom  although 
heavily  weighed  with  5o-lb.  leads;  we  were  obliged  to  heave  it 
on  board,  with  fair  results. 

Weather  warm  and  thermometer  ranging  about    75°    to    80° 
throughout  the  two  days. 

n:  45  A.  M.  Heavy  rain  and  dark  thick  'weather  obscured  every- 
thing, and  ship  rolling  and  thumping  into  a  cross  sea. 

ii  155  A.M.  We  left  "  Argus  Bank, "  steering  northeast  for  east 
end  Bermuda ;  thick  weather. 

2:  30  P.  M.     Sighted  Gibbs  Hill  Lighthouse,  bearing  north. 

By  Ship  Log  "Argus  Bank"  to  "St.  Davids  Island  Light;" 
east  end  of  Bermuda  is  38  miles,  N.  E.  course. 

4  P.  M.  Arrived  in  St.  George's  Harbor,  all  well,  with  a  good  catch 
on  board. 

CAPTAIN  HARRY  CHESTER, 

Tug  "Gladisfen." 


The  expedition  obtained  166  species  of  fishes  of  which  twelve  are 
believed  to  be  new  to  science.  The  new  species,  with  one  exception, 
were  described  in  the  Proceedings  of  the  Biological  Society  of  Wash- 
ington, Feb.  26,  1906.  The  whole  number  of  recorded  species,  as 
will  be  seen  from  the  subjoined  catalogue,  is  261. 

Only  a  single  species  belongs  to  the  fresh-water  series,  and  that 
is  the  introduced  goldfish.  A  killifish  (Fundulus  bermudce)  is  native 
to  the  brackish  waters  in  several  of  the  islands.  The  rest  of  the 
fishes  are  marine  and  nearly  all  are  members  of  the  West  Indian 
fauna. 

Since  the  return  of  the  expedition  Mr.  Louis  L.  Mowbray  has 
obtained  the  following  species:  Siphostoma  jonesi,  Rhomboplites 
aurorubens,  C anthigaster  rostratus,  and  an  undetermined  Pontinus. 

The  writer,  because  of  pressure  of  other  work,  cannot  at  present 
discuss  the  characteristics  and  the  relations  of  the  Bermuda  fishes, 
but  desires  to  submit  a  list  of  the  species  mentioned  by  recent  writers 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  27 

and  hopes  to  return  to  the  same  field  at  some  future  time  to  obtain 
materials  for  an  adequate  presentation  of  the  subject. 

Thanks  are  due  to  the  people  in  Bermuda  who  assisted  the 
Field  Museum  representatives  in  many  ways  during  the  progress 
of  the  expedition  and  especially  to  Archdeacon  Tucker,  Capt.  W.  E. 
Meyer,  .Mr.  F.  B.  Spurling,  Mr.  William  Allen,  Miss  Allen,  Mr. 
Richard  Darrell,  and  Mr.  F.  Goodwin  Gosling  whose  generosity 
will  not  be  forgotten.  Mr.  Louis  L.  Mowbray  was  attached  to  the 
expedition  during  October  and  part  of  November  and  rendered 
most  excellent  service. 

The  expedition  brought  back  many  articles  for  other  Departments 
of  the  Museum,  besides  numerous  invertebrates  and  reptiles  for  the 
Department  of  Zoology.  The  method  of  collecting  the  lizard,  which 
is  so  abundant  on  Castle  Island,  was  suggested  by  a  David's  Island 
native  to  a  member  of  the  crew  of  our  little  steam  launch  and  by 
him  very  successfully  applied.  A  tall  glass  jar  having  a  streak 
of  butter  on  the  inside,  below  the  neck,  was  stood  on  the  ground. 
Stones  were  placed  so  as  to  give  the  lizards  easy  access  to  the  mouth. 
They  came  in  large  numbers,  slipped  into  the  jar  and  could  not 
escape.  In  about  two  hours  thirty-three  fine  examples  were  taken 
in  a  single  jar  by  that  plan. 

The  wood  rat,  now  rather  scarce  on  the  islands,  was  taken  in 
traps  set  on  the  trees  and  baited  with  bananas  of  which  they  are 
very  fond. 

It  is  understood  that  all  the  species  with  which  collector  and 
museum's'  catalogue  numbers  are  associated  were  obtained  by  the 
expedition  of  1905.  The  whole  number  of  recorded  species  is  261, 
of  which  1 66  were  taken  from  August  to  November,  1905,  with  the 
exception  of  a  few  that  were  purchased  from  Mr.  L.  Mowbray.  In 
this  list  the  first  number  under  the  name  of  a  species  is  the  museum 
catalogue  number,  the  second  is  the  field  number  of  the  collector. 
The  classification  followed  is  that  of  Jordan  &  Evermann  in  Bulletin 
47.  U.  S.  National  Museum. 


CATALOGUE  OF  THE  FISHES  RECORDED  FROM  BERMUDA. 


I.     Family  Branchiostomidse. 

1.  Branch  iostoma  caribaeum  Sundevall.     AMPHIOXUS. 

4902  No.  566.     Flatts,  in  sand.     38  spec.     Sept.  27. 

4903  No.  608.     Flatts,  in  sand.     28  spec.     Sept.  30. 

•    4904     No.  942.     Flatts,  in  sand.     L.   Mowbray.     6   spec.     July 


2.  Asymmetron  lucayanum  Andrews. 

4858     No.  943.     Near  Castle  Roads.     L.  Mowbray.    4  spec.    Aug. 

16,  1904. 
The  largest  of  these  is  about  one  inch  long. 


IX.     Family  Giiiglymostomidae. 

3.  Ginglymostoma  cirratum  (Gmel.). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,    xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  293. 


XI.     Family  Galeidre. 

4.  Carcharhinus  lamia  (Raf.).     SHARK. 

4937     No.  324.     South  of  Castle  Id.     Hook.     Oct.  4. 
621     No.  873.     Challenger  Bk.     Hook.     Jaws  only.     Oct.  12. 

5.  Carcharhinus  platyodon  (Poey).     PUPPY  SHARK. 

BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  in. 

6.  Eulamia  obscura  (Le  S.). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,   293. 

7.  Mustelus  canis  (Mitch.).     NURSE  SHARK. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  293. 

29 


30  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM — ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

XII.     Family  Sphyrnidse. 

8.  Sphyrna  zygaena  (L.). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  293. 

XV.     Family  Laimmhr 

9.  Isurus  sp. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  293,  as  Isuropsis  sp. 
This  is  probably  dekayi,  if  it  belongs  to  this  genus. 

XXVII.     Family  Myliobatidse. 

10  Aetobatus  narinari   (Euphrasen).     WHIP  MORAY. 

4830  No.  461.     The  Lane,  Hamilton.     Oct.  19. 

4831  No.  462.     The  Lane,  Hamilton.     Oct.  19. 

4832  No.  463.     The  Lane,  Hamilton.     Oct.  19. 

XXXI.     Family  Acipenseridse. 

11.  Acipenser  sp.     STURGEON. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  293. 

XXXVII.     Family  Cypriiiidse. 

12.  Carassius  auratus(L.).     GOLDFISH. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  293. 

XLIII.     Family  Anguillidse. 

13.  Anguilla  chrysypa  Rafinesque.       EEL. 

4846  No.  399.  The  Lane,  Hamilton.     Oct.  10. 

4847  No.  478.  The  Lane,  Hamilton.     Oct.  19. 

4848  No.  479.  The  Lane,  Hamilton.     Oct.  19. 

4849  No.  480.  East  Paget  Pond.     Spear.     Oct.  20. 

4850  No.  481.  East  Paget  Pond.     Spear.     Oct.  20. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  31 

XLVII.     Family  Leptocephalidw. 

14.  Leptocephalus  sp. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,    xiv,    Oct.,    1877,  293. 

LI.     Family  Myridse. 

15.  Myrophis  punctatus    Lutken. 

5253  No.  429.     Red  Bay.  Swamp.    Hurt.     Sept.    28. 

5254  No.  932.     Castle  Harbor.     L.  Mowbray.     July,    1904. 
The   snout    is  %  as  long  as  the  head;   the  eye  small,  one-half  as 

long  as  the  snout.  The  angle  of  the  mouth  extends  behind  the  eye 
a  distance  equal  to  the  .length  .of  the  snout.  The  pectoral  is  about 
%  as  long  as  the  head,  which  is  about  ^  of  distance  from  gill-opening. 
to  vent.  The  dorsal  begins  a  little  nearer  to  the  vent  than  to  the 
gill-opening.  The  greatest  depth  of  the  body  is.>^  length  of  head. 
The  body  is  terete  for  the  most  part,  and  a  well-developed  caudal 
fin  is  continuous  with  dorsal  and  anal. 

Two  individuals  were  taken,  the  larger  one  nearlv  T>.  inches  long, 
the  smaller  7^  inches. 


LII.     Family  Ophichthyidie. 

16.  Myrichthys  acuminatus  (Gronow).    SAND  EEL. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts, xiv, Oct. ,1877, 293,  as  Ophisurus  longus. 

17.  Ophichthys  triserialis  (Kaup).     SPOTTED  SAND  EEL. 
GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  293- 

This  is  a  Pacific  coast  species,  probably  not  found  in  Bermuda. 

18.  Sphagebranchus  anguiformis  (Peters). 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  112. 


LIII.     Family  Mnreenidse. 

19.  Lycodontis  funebris  (Ranzani).     MORAY;   GREEN  MORAY. 

5165  No.     81.     Nonsuch  Id.    Eel-pot.     Sept.  6. 

5166  No.   178.     Harrington  Sd.      Fish-pof*.     Sept.  8. 


32  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

5167  No.  338.     Gwelly  Hole,  Cooper's  Id.     Fish-pot.   (Brown.) 

Oct.  5. 

5168  No.  339.     Gwelly  Hole.     Fish-pot.     (Brown).     Oct.  5. 

5169  No.  358.     Near  Well  Bay,  Cooper's    Id.     Pot      (Brown.) 

Oct.  5.' 

5170  No.  382.     Flatts.     Pot.     Oct.  3. 

5171  No.  735.     Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Under  rock.   (Brown.) 

Oct.  28. 

20.  Lycodontis  sanct£e=helenae  (Gijnther).    SPECKLED  MORAY. 

5172  ,  No.     19.     Ten  miles  off  Ireland  Id.     Fish-pot.  Aug.  25. 

5173  No.  82.  Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot.     Sept.  6. 

5174  No.  340.  Off  Castle  Id.  Hook.     Oct.  4. 

5175  No.  350.  Castle  Harbor,  near  Nonsuch.     Pot.     Oct.  5. 

5176  No.  464.  Flatts.     Oct.  20. 

21.  Lycodontis  Jordan!  Evermann  and  Marsh. 

W.  I.  De  Nyse  remembers  a  Bermuda  moray  in  the  Coup  Aquarium, 
Broadway  and  Thirty-fifth  Street,  in  1876  or  1877,  that  was  yellow, 
the  dorsal  edged  with  black  and  with  white  blotches  on  it.  The 
fish  was  like  L.  jordani  from  Porto  Rico.  The  example  was  about 
20  inches  long,  and  was  found  under  a  rock. 

22.  Lycodontis  moringa  '(Cuv.)      SMALL  YELLOW-SPOTTED    MORAY. 
GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,    xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  293,  as  Gymnothorax 

punctatus. 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  in. 

23.  Lycodontis  ocellatus  (Ag.). 

JORDAN  &  EVERMANN,  Bull.  47,  U.  S.  N.  M.,  1896,  399. 

An  example  12  inches  long,  taken  by  Captain  Hariott  in  Bermuda, 
is  now  in  the  New  York  Aquarium,  in  spirits. 

The  serrations  on  the  hind  margin  of  the  anterior  canines  of  the 
lower  jaw  are  very  well  shown  in  this  specimen.  Form  slender,  the 
greatest  depth,  ^  inch,  is  one-sixteenth  of  the  total  length  and  nearly 
%  of  the  length  of  head.  The  eye  is  as  long  as  the  snout  and>6head. 
The  length  of  the  gape  of  the  mouth  is  nearly  >£  head,  the  angle  of 
the  mouth  placed  far  behind  the  eye.  Anterior  nostrils  in  a  moder- 
ately long  tube;  posterior  not  tubular,  placed  between  the  eyes,  the 
space  between  them  only  %  eye.  Five  enlarged  canines  in  the  front 
of  each  jaw;  the  sides  of  the  upper  jaw  with  about  7  and  of  the  lower 


JULY,   1906.    CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  33 

jaw  with  8  or  9  smaller  teeth.  The  vomer  has  a  raised  crest  without 
evident  teeth.  Distance  of  gill  opening  from  vent  about  twice  head. 
Dorsal  beginning  slightly  in  advance  of  gill  opening. 

Color  in  spirits,  chocolate-brown;  the  belly  and  under  surface  of 
head  pale;  body  profusely  covered  with  whitish  spots,  none  of  them 
more  than  X  eve-  Dorsal  fin  with  about  .18  dark  blotches  surround- 
ing whitish  areas;  anal  with  a  smaller  number  of  similar  dark 
markings  associated  with  light  spaces,  the  dark  markings  forming 
an  almost  continuous  margin. 

24.  Echidna  catenata  (Bloch) . 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  293. 


LVI.     Family  Elopidse. 

25.  Tarpon  atlanticus  (C.  &  V.). 

GOODE,   Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,   1877,   293,  as  Megalops 
thrissoides. 


LVI  I.     Family  Albulidae. 

26.  Albula  vulpes  (Linnaeus).     GRUBBER. 

4833  No.  148.     Well     Bay,     Cooper's     Id.       4  young.       Seine. 

Sept.  5. 

4834  No.   161.     Nonsuch  Bay.  5  young.     Seine.     'Sept.  4. 

4835  No.  515.     Flatts.    Seine.  Sept.  27. 

4836  No.  677.     Nonsuch  Bay.  Seine.  2  young.     Sept.   26. 

4837  No.   837.     Ely's  Harbor.  Seine.  2  young.     Sept.  20. 


LXI.     Family  Clupeidse. 

27.  Opisthonema  oglinum  (Le  Sueur).       HERRING. 

5255  No.     67.     Hamilton  Harbor.     W.  Allen.     Aug.  28. 

5256  No.  300.     Flatts.     2  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  8. 

5257  No.  313.     Shelly  Bay.     2  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  9. 

5258  No.  569.     Hunt's     Bay,    Port   Royal.       2   spec.        Seine. 

Sept.  21. 

5259  No.  838.     Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     Sept.  26. 


34  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

28.  Sardinella  anchovia  (C.  &  V.).     ANCHOVY. 

5300  No.  195.  Flatts.    Seine.     D.     16;  A.  18.     Sept.  7. 

5301  No.  558.  Ruth's  Bay,  St.  David's.     Seine.     Oct.  4. 

5302  No.  759.  The  Reach,  St.  George's.  Seine.    6  young.  Oct.  23. 

5303  No.  811.  Long  Bird  Id.,  south  shore.     Oct.  24. 

29.  Sardinella  humeralis  (C.  &  V.).     PILCHARD. 

5304  No.  58.  Hungry  Bay.     3  young.     Dip-net.     Aug.  29. 

5305  No.  113.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     3  spec.  Seine.  Sept.    6. 

5306  No.  147.  Well  Bay.       10  spec.      Seine.     Sept.  5 

5307  No.  672.  Soldier  Bay,  Old  Ferry.     Seine.     Young.     Sept. 

23- 

5308  No.  749.     Smith's  Id.,    St.  George's.     Seine.    Young.    Oct. 

J7- 

5309  No.  854.     Great  Bay,  St.    David's.     Seine.     2  spec.     Sept. 

18. 

30.  Sardinella  macrophthalmus  (Ranzani).     PILCHARD. 

5310  No.    322.      Shelly   Bay.     Seine.     2   spec,     (many  taken). 

Sept  9. 


LXII.     Family  Engraulididre. 

31.  Stolephorus  choerostomus  (Goode).     HOGMOUTH  FRY;  FRY. 

5419  No.  60.  Hungry  Bay.     10  spec.     Aug.  29-30. 

5420  No.  152.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Sept.  5. 

5421  No.  526.  Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     18  spec.     Oct.  4. 

5422  No.  669.  Wellman  Bay.     Seine.     6  spec.     Sept.  23. 
54:23  No.  741.  Jones  Bay,    Cooper's  Id.    Under  rocks.    Oct    28. 
5424  No.  827.  Red  Bay,  St.   David's  Id.     Oct.  27. 


LXVIII.     Family  Synodontidse. 

32.  Synodus  foetens  (Linnaeus).     SNAKE  FISH. 

5425  No.  363.     Long  Bay,     Somerset.     Seine.    Sept.  22. 

5426  No.  458.     Cove  near   Hunt's  Bay,  Port  Royal  Id.     Seine 

Sept.  21. 

5427  No.  710.     Packward's  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  23. 


.JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  35 

5428  No.  844.     Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     Sept.  20. 

5429  No.  859.     Shelly  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  19. 

5430  No.  877.     Hamilton.     Fred  Ingham.     Nov.  6. 

33.  Synodus  intermedius  (Agassiz).     SNAKE  FISH. 

5431  No    127.  Pitts  Bay,  Hamilton.    Maxwell  Allen.  Sept.  12. 

5432  No.   1 86.  The  Flatts.     Seine.  2  spec.     Sept.  7. 

5433  No.    199.  The  Flatts.     Seine.     Sept.  8. 

5434  No.   308.  Spanish  Point.     Seine.      2  spec.     Sept.  9. 

5435  No.    309.  Shelly  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  9. 

5436  No.   457.  Cove   near  Hunt's   Bay/  Port  Royal  Id.    Seine. 

Sept  21. 

5437  No.  516.     Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     Oct.  4. 

5438  No.  582.     Flatts.     Seine.     2  spec.     Sept.  20. 

5439  No.  595.     Port  Royal  Bay.     Seine.     Young.    Sept.    21. 

34.  Synodus  saurus  (L.).     SNAKE  FISH. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  1877,  293,  as  Synodus  lacerta. 
BARBO.UR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  113. 

35.  Trachinocephalus  myops    (Forster).     SNAKE  FISH. 

5463  No.   455.     Cove  near  Hunt's  Bay,  Port  Royal  Id.      Seine. 

Sept.  21. 

5464  No.   689.     Long  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 


-XCII.     Family    Preciliidre. 

36.  Fundulus  bermudae  Gimther.     MULLET. 

5027  No.       i.     Paget  East.     Swamp.    7cT,89,8juv.    Aug.  20. 

5028  No.   101.     Paget  East.     Swamp.  Many.     Sept.  10. 

5029  No.  5-83.     Stocks  Point,    St.  David's  Id.     Many.    Sept.  29. 


XCIV.     Family 

37.  Tylosurus  acus   (Lacepede).     HOUND. 

5471  No.  359.     Flatts.     In  pot.     Very  large. 

5472  No.    86.     Well  Bay,     Cooper's  Id.     Sept.  6. 

5473  'No.  132.     Gibbet  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  8. 

5474  No.  422.     Near   Red  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     Seine.    Oct.  23. 


36  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM — ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VI L 

38.  Tylosurus  ardeola  (C.  &  V.).     HOUND. 

5475  No.  188.     Flatts.  Seine.    4  spec.  D.  13;  A.  18.     Sept.  7. 

5476  No.  537.     Nonsuch   Bay,   north  side.    D.   i,   13;  A.  i,    1 

Sept.  26. 

5477  No.  562.     Long  Bird  Id.     Seine.  2  spec.     Sept.  30. 

5478  No.    675.     Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  26. 

39.  Tylosurus  raphidoma  (Ranzani). 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  113. 

40.  Athlennes  hians  (C.  &  V.).     HOUND. 

4878  No.   130.     Gibbet  Id.     7  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  8. 

4879  .   No.  798.     The  Reach,  St.  George's.    Seine.     Oct.  23 


XCV.     Family  Hemirhamphidse. 

41.  Hyporhamphus  roberti  (C.  &  V.).     GAR. 

5091  No.   131.     Gibbet  Id.  2  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  8. 

5092  No.  364.     Long  Bay,  Somerset.     Seine.     Sept.  22. 

5093  No.  573.     Hunt's  Bay, Port  Royal.  2  spec,  (one  deformed). 

Seine.     Sept.  21. 

5094  No.  594.     Port  Royal  Bay.     Seine.     Young.     Sept.     21. 

5095  No.  646.     Old  Ferry,  St.  George's.     Sept.  23. 

42.  Hyporhamphus  unifasciatus  (Ranzani).     GAR. 

5096  No.   112.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.  2  spec.  Seine.      Sept.  6. 

5097  No.  123.  Well  Bay  and  Nonsuch  Id.     6  spec.     Sept.  3. 

5098  No.   155.  Well  Bay.     Young.      Seine.     Sept.  5. 

5099  No.  163.  Nonsuch  Bay.       2  spec.      Seine.      One  injured. 

Sept.  4. 

5100  No.  193.     Flatts.      Young.     Seine.     Sept.  7. 

5101  No.  603.     Off  north  shore,  at  surface,  near  White's  Flat 

Shoal.     Very  young.     Oct.  6. 

5102  No.  812.     Long  Bird  Id.,  south  shore.     2  spec.     Oct.  24. 

5103  No.  852.     Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     Young.     Sept.  20. 

43.  Hemirhamphus  brasiliensis    (Linnaeus).     GAR. 

5051  No.  311..     Smith's  Cove,     Hamilton.     Seine.     Sept.  9. 

5052  No.  361.     Long  Bay,  Somerset.     Seine.     Sept.  22. 

5053  No.  924.     Hamilton  Harbor.     Nov.  9. 


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XCVII.     Family  ExocwticUe. 

44.  Exocoetus  furcatus  Mitchill.     FLYING  FISH. 

5268  No.  923.     Hamilton  Harbor.     Winter.      Mr.  Goodwin  Gos- 
ling. 

This  individual  is  3^  inches  long  to  base  of  caudal.  There  are 
two  black  barbels  on  the  chin,  shaped  like  a  half-leaf,  and  each  of 
them  nearly  as  long  as  the  eye.  D.  14;  A.  9;  scales  about  50;  26 
rows  before  dorsal. 

5269  No.  400.     Flatts.     Two  young,  under  Sargassum.  Oct.  10. 
These  young  examples  have  five  golden  bands  on  the  body  and 

a  golden  blotch  at  caudal  base. 

45.  Exocoetus  bahiensis  Ranz.   ..  FLYING  FISH. 
GQODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  292. 

46.  Exocoetus  lineatus  C.  &  V. 

GOODE,  Bull.  U.-  S.  N.  M.,  v,  1876,  76. 

47.  Exocoetus  rondeletii  C.  &  V.     FLYING  FISH. 
GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  293. 

48.  Exocoetus  rufipinnis  C.  &  V.     FLYING  FISH.     /- 

GOODE,   Am.  Jour.   Sci.   Arts,   xiv,   Oct.,  1877,    293.  as  Exocoetus 


49.  Exonautes  exsiliens  (Muller).     BUTTERFLY  FISH;     FLYING  FISH. 
GOODE,  Am.   Jour.    Sci.   Arts,    xiv,  Oct.,  1877,   292,   as  Exocoetus 

exiliens. 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  114. 


C.     Family  Aulostomidse. 

50.  Aulostomus  maculatus  Val. 

An  example  23  inches  long,  taken  by  Louis  Mowbray,  August  25, 
1893,  at  One  Gun,  North  Shore,  St.  George's  Id.,  by  hook  and  line, 
is  now  in  the  Bermuda  Natural  History  Society's  collection  at 
Hamilton.  The  specimen  agrees  with  the  description  of  Aulostomus 
maculatus  in  Bull.  47,  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus. 


38  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM — ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

CI.     Family  Fistnlariidse. 

51.  Fistularia  tabacaria  Linnaeus. 

5493     No.  1096.     Off  North  Shore,  St.  George's  Id.    On  hook. 

CII.     Family  MacrorhamphosicUe. 

52.  Macrorhamphosus  scolopax  (L.). 

GOODE,  Am.    Jour.    Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291,  as  Centriscus 
scolopax. 

CIII.     Family  Syngnathidse. 

53.  Siphostoma  elucens  (Poey).     DUCK  FISH. 

5338  No.  561.     Ruth's  Bay.     Seine.     9.      Oct.   4. 
'D.  21,  on  1+5  rings;   rings  17+33. 

5344  No.    704.     Packward's   Bay,    Old    Ferry   Road.     Sept.  23. 
D.  25,  on  i  +5  rings. 

54.  Siphostoma  mackayi  Swain  &  Meek.     DUCK  FISH. 

5345  No.  128.     Off  mouth  of  Flatts,  under  seaweed.     Sept.  9. 

5346  No.  159.     Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  4. 

5347  No.  365.     Long  Bay,  Somerset.    Seine.    Sept.  22.     D.  30. 

5339  No.  564.     Long  Bird  Id.    Seine.  cT.    Spent.     Sept.  30. 
D.  31,  on  3  +sK  rings;  rings  17  +32. 

5340  No.  598.     Flatts.     cT.     Spent.     Oct.    3. 
D.  29,  on  2  +  6  rings;  rings  17  +36. 

5341  No.  674.     Wellman  Bay,  St.  George's.  Seine.  4  spec.  Sept. 

23- 
D.  30,  on  2  +6  rings;   rings  18  +35.     One  male  with  eggs  in  pouch. 

5348  No.  714.     Cable  Bay,  Tucker's  Town.     Seine.   'Oct.  26. 

5342  No.  752.     The  Reach,  St.  George's.     Seine.      ? .     Oct.  23. 
D.  28,  on  2+6  rings;   rings  18+34. 

5343  No.  753.     The  Reach,  St.  George's.    Seine.    Oct.  23. 
D.  28,  on  2 +6  rings;   rings  18+3 7. 

5349  No.  775.     Cooper's  Id.,  west  side.     Oct.  25. 

5350  No.  809.     Long  Bird  Id.,  south  shore.     Oct.  24. 
D.  31,  on  2  +6  rings. 

5351  No.  913.     The  Lane,  Hamilton.    Seine.     Nov.  7. 


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55.  Siphostoma  dendriticum  Barbour. 

BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  115,  pi.  i. 

56.  Siphostoma  jonesi  (Gthr.). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.   Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291,  as  Syngnathus 

jonesii . 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  115. 

57.  Siphostoma  pelagicum  (Osbeck). 
GUNTHER,  Shore  Fish.  Chall.,  1880,  n. 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  115. 


FIGURE  1.    HIPPOCAMPUS  BRUNNEUS  Bean. 

58.  Hippocampus  brunneus  Bean.     SEA  HORSE. 

BEAN,  Proc.  Biol.  Soc.     Wash.,   xix,  Feb.  26,  1906,  32. 

5494     No.  1099.     Long  Bird  Id.     L.  Mowbray.     Aug.    29,    1904. 

This  is  a  male  with  pouch  recently  emptied.  D.  18,  on  3  body  and  i 
caudal  rings;  rings  11+35.  Eye  2%  in  snout,  6  in  head.  Greatest 
depth  of  body  about  ^head.  Head  as  long  as  the  body.  Coronet 
moderate,  with  5  spines;  supraocular  spines  well  developed;  a  smaller 
spine  between  the  nostrils ;  a  pair  of  spines  at  the  throat ;  a  spine  in 
front  of  the  lower  part  of  the  pectoral  base  and  one  at  the  gill  opening; 
a  pair  at  the  sides  of  the  nape  and  a  spine  on  the  ridge  of  the  nape; 
most  of  the  body  and  tail  rings  are  furnished  with  blunt  spines ;  about 
7  or  8  pairs  somewhat  enlarged,  alternating  with  shorter  pairs.  Length 
of  dorsal  base  equal  to  snout.  Longest  dorsal  ray  Y*  snout. 

Color  in  spirits,  chocolate ;  a  triangular  whitish  blotch  immediately 
behind  the  head,  its  greatest  width  Y*  snout;  a  larger  blotch  resem- 


40  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM — ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

bling  an  hour-glass  on  the- body,  principally  on  the  sixth  and  seventh 
body  rings,  extending  entirely  around ;  eight  narrow  whitish  bands 
across  the  back,  the  first  at  the  middle  of  dorsal  base,  none  of  these 
reaching  below  the  median  line. 

The  description  of  color  of  Hippocampus  hudsonins,  in  Bull.  47, 
U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  777,  apparently  relates  to  this  species,  but  not  to  the 
H.  hudsonius  of  De  Kay. 

59.  Hippocampus  hudsonius  De  Kay.     SEA  HORSE. 

5064  No.  392.     Flatts.     c\     D.  19.     Sept.  28. 

5065  No.  715.     Cable  Bay.     Seine.     D.  19.     Sept.  26. 

60.  Hippocampus  punctulatus  Guichenot.     SEA  HORSE. 

5495     No.  noo.      Coot  Pond.     L.  Mowbray.      D.  18.      Sept.    30, 
1904. 

61.  Hippocampus  stylifer  Jordan  &  Gilbert.     SEA  HORSE. 

5066  No.  691.     Flatts.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

62.  Hippocampus  hippocampus  (L.).     SEA  HORSE. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291,  as  Hippocampus 
antiquorum. 


CVI.     Family  Atheriiiiclie. 

63.  Atherina  harringtonensis  Goode.     BLUE  FRY. 

4859  No.     99.  The  Flatts.     Seine.     Sept.  8 

4860  No.  1 1 8.  Nonsuch  Id.  and  Well  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  3. 

4861  No.  138.  Hayward's  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     Sept.  6. 

4862  No.  151.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.    Many.    Seine.     Sept.  5. 

4863  No.  190.  Flatts.     4  spec.     Seine.     Sept  7. 

4864  No.  370.  Long  Bay,    Somerset.     4spec.    Seine.    Sept.  22. 
.1865  No.  459.  Near    Hunt's    Bay,     Port    Royal    Id.     2    spec. 

Seine.     Sept.  21. 

4866  No.  527.  Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     4  spec.     Oct.  4. 

4867  No.  538.  Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.  5  spec.  Sept.   26. 

4868  No.  552.  Tucker's  Town  Cove.     Seine.    2  spec.     Sept.  29. 

4869  No.  565.  Long  Bird  Id.  Seine.     Sept.  30. 

4870  No.  577.  Hunt's  Bay,  Port  Royal.  Seine.  2  spec.     Sept.  21. 

4871  No.  670.  Soldier  Bay,  Old  Ferry.  Seine.  6  spec.     Sept.  23. 


JULY,   1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES — BEAN.  41 

4872  No.  711.  Packward's  Bay.  Seine.  4  large.     Sept.  23. 

4873  No.  748.  Smith's  Id.,  St.  George's.  3  spec.     Oct.  17. 

4874  No.  760.  The  Reach,  St.  George's.  Seine.  6  spec.     Oct.  23. 

4875  No.  776.  Castle  Harbor.  33  spec.     Oct.  18. 

4876  No.  810.  Long  Bird  Id.,  south  shore.  14  spec.     Oct.  .24. 

4877  No.  860.  Shelly  Bay.  Seine.  7  spec.     Sept.  19. 

64.  Menidia  menidia  (L.).  BLUE  FRY. 

BARBOUR.  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  116.     Flatts,  exceed- 
ingly common,  D.  4+9;   A.  i  4-22. 

65.  Menidia  notata  (Mitch.). 

BARBOUR,  Bull.   M.   C.   Z.,   XLVI,   No.  7,    1905,   116.     Based   on 
specimen  in  M.  C.  Z.,  No.  18246. 


CVII.     Family  Mugilidie. 

66.  Mugil  brasiliensis  Agassiz.     MULLET. 

5208  No.  315.     Shelly  Bay.  Seine.     Sept.  9. 

67.  Mugil  curema  C.  &  V.     MULLET. 

5206  No.    64.     Hamilton  Harbor.  10  young.     Aug.  28. 

5207  No.    65.     Hungry  Bay.     Young.     Aug.  30. 
One  of  these  has  only  2  anal  spines. 

5209  No.  115.     Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     2  young.     Sept.  6. 

5211  No.  502.     Doe's  Rock.  Tide  pool.     Young.     Oct.  26. 

5212  No.  746.     Smith's  Id.,  St.  George's.     Oct.  17. 

68.  Mugil  trichodon  Poey.     MULLET. 

5210  No.  172.     Hay  ward's  Bay.  Seine.     Sept.  6. 
5215     No.  316,     Shelly  Bay.  Seine.     Sept.  9. 

5205     No.  553.     Tucker's  Town  Cove.  Seine.  Young.     Sept.  29. 

5213  No.  817.     Long  Bird  Id.,  south  shore.  Young.     Oct.  24. 

5214  No.  842.     Ely's  Harbor.  Seine.  2  spec.     Sept.  20. 


CVIII.     Family  Spin  i  :rn i<la  . 

69.  Sphyraena  barracuda  (Walbaum).     BARRACUDA. 

5414  No.  341.     Flatts.  Seine.     Oct.  4. 

5415  No.  353.     Cable  Bay,  Tucker's  Town.  Seine.     Sept.  25. 


42  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

70.  Sphyraena  borealis  De  Kay.     SENNET. 

5416  No.  546.     Nonsuch  Bay.  Seine.     Sept.  29. 

5417  No.  841.     Ely's  Harbor.  Seine.  Scales.  120.     Sept.  20. 

9 

71.  Sphyraena  picudilla  Poey.     SENNET. 

5418  No.  517.     Nonsuch  Bay.  Seine.     Oct.  4. 

72.  Sphyraena  Sphyraena  (L.). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  292,  as  S.  spet. 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  116. 


CXV.     Family  Holocentridie. 

73.  Holocentrus  ascensionis  (Osbeck).     SQUIRREL. 

5067  No.     ii.  Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  24. 

5068  'No.     23.  10  miles  off  Ireland  Id.     Fish-pot.     Aug.  25. 

5069  No.    87.  Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot.     Sept.  3. 

5070  No.    97.  The  Flatts.  Young.  Seine.  Sept.  8. 

5071  No.  106.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.  Seine.     Sept.  3. 

5072  No.  143.  Hayward's  Bay.  3  young.  Seine.     Sept.  6. 
5080  No.  318.  Smith's  Cove,  Hamilton.  Young.     Sept.  9. 

5073  No.  357.  Great  Shoal,  Castle  Harbor.     Pot.     Sept.  29. 

5074  No.  378.  Long  Bay,  Somerset.  Young,  Seine.     Sept.  22. 

5075  No.  650.  Old  Ferry,  St.  George's.  Seine.     Sept.  23. 

5076  No.  781.  Great  Bay,    St.     David's    Id.    Seine.    6    young. 

Sept.  1 8. 

5077  No.  843.     Ely's  Harbor.  Seine.  Young.     Sept.  20. 

5078  No.  914.     Hungry  Bay.  Seine.     Nov.  7. 

74.  Holocentrus  meeki  Bean. 

BEAN,  Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash.,  xix,  Feb.  26,  1906,  31. 

5079  No.  144.     Hayward's  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     Seine.    Sept.  6. 

A  squirrel-fish  of  the  small-scaled  group  represented  by  H.  ascen- 
sionis was  seined  in  Hayward's  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.  Only  two 
young  individuals  were  taken.  From  H.  ascensionis  the  species  can 
be  at  once  distinguished  by  its  low  dorsal  and  anal  rays,  its  small  eye, 
and  its  equal  caudal  lobes,  as  well  as  by  other  characters. 

D.  xi,  14  to  15;  A.  iv,  10;  scales  4-54  to  55-7.  The  head  is  % 
of  total  length  to  base  of  middle  caudal  rays.  The  maxilla  extends 
to  the  perpendicular  through  the  front  of  the  eye.  The  eye  is  %  of 


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FIGURE  2.    HOLOCENTRUS  MEEKI  Bean. 

the  length  of  the  head.  Preopercle  with  a  strong  spine  at  the  angle, 
not  reaching  to  the  edge  of  the  subopercle.  Opercle  with  two  very 
small  flat  spines,  not  X  as  l°ng  as  the  eye.  Preorbital,  preopercle. 
interopercle,  subopercle,  and  opercle  denticulated.  Scales  of  the  body 
minutely  denticulated,  having  about  14  spines  on  the  posterior  margin. 

Depth  of  body  %  °f  total  length  to  base  of  middle  caudal  rays. 
Caudal  peduncle  very  slender,  its  least  depth  only  y,  length  of  head. 
The  pectoral  is  about  %  as  long  as  the  head  and  extends  to  the  i6th 
series  of  scales.  The  ventral  is  y$  as  long  as  the  head,  and  ends  far 
from  the  vent.  The  anal  base  is  %  as  long  as  the  head.  The  longest 
dorsal  spine  is  l/z  as  long  as  the  head ;  the  longest  soft  ray  is  equal  to 
the  longest  spine,  and  when  laid  back  does  not  extend  to  the  end  of 
the  last  ray.  The  longest  anal  ray  is  scarcely  equal  to  the  longest 
of  the  dorsal  rays.  The  first  anal  spine  is  minute,  the  second  spine 
is  about  YT,  as  long  as  the  eye,  the  third  and  longest  is  little  more  than 
y$  as  long  as  the  head,  the  fourth  is  slenderer  and  shorter  than  the 
third. 

Color  in  spirits:  body  above  lateral  line  pale  brown,  below  lateral 
line  shining  silvery;  all  but  top  of  head  silvery;  caudal  peduncle 
tinged  with  purplish;  membrane  of  spinous  dorsal  blackish;  other 
fins  all  pale,  except  caudal,  which  shows  traces  of  dusky  on  the  lobes; 
iris  pale. 

Length  of  the  two  individuals  described,  three  inches  and  two 
and  three-fourths  inches  respectively  to  base  of  middle  caudal  rays. 

75.  Holocentrus  siccifer  Cope. 

--H.  puncticulatus  BARBOUR;   H.  tortitgce  Jordan   &    Thompson. 
5496     No.  497.     Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot.     3  young.     Sept.  18. 
D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;  scales  4-43-8. 


44  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;   scaled  4-43-8. 

D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;   scales  4-45-8;  length  i^  inches. 

5497  No.  734.  Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.  Under  rock.  7  spec. 
Oct-28. 

D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;   scales  4-44-7. 

D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;   scales  4-43-8. 

D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;  scales  3^-43-8. 

D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;  scales  3^-44-0. 

D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;  scales  4-42-8. 

D.  xi,  14;  A.  iv,    9;  scales  4-44-8. 

D.  xi,  13;   A.  iv,  10;   scales  4-42-8. 

5289     No.  763.     Jones  Bay.     Under  rocks.     Oct.  25. 

D.  xi,  13;   A.  iv,  9;   scales  4-42-7. 

4906     No.  771.     Cooper's  Id.,  west  side.     6  spec.     Oct.  25. 

D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;  scales  4-44-7. 

D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;  scales  4-44-7. 

D.  xi,  13;   A.  iv,  9;   scales  4-41-7. 

D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;   scales  4-43-7. 

D.  xi,  14;   A.  iv,  9;   scales  3^2-43-7. 

D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;   scales  4-44-7. 

5081  No.  931.  The  Reach,  St.  George's.  L.  Mowbray.  Sept. 
14,  1904. 

Specimen  in  New  York  Aquarium.     Locality:  Bermuda. 

Length,  to  caudal  base 4  in. 

Depth i  Vie  in. 

Least  depth  caudal  peduncle 5Ae  in. 

Head    : i%o  in. 

Eye     8/K5  in. 

Snout yio  in. 

Maxilla  to  below  middle  of  eye. 

First  dorsal  spine    %e  in. 

Second  dorsal  spine %o  in. 

Third  dorsal  spine 1%r,  in. 

Fourth  dorsal  spine J%o  in. 

Eleventh  dorsal  spine Vie  in. 

Longest  ray  of  2nd  dorsal     ".  .  (not  perfect).    1(H«  in. 

Third  anal  spine       l5/w  in. 

Fourth  anal  spine    %6  in. 

D.  xi,  13;  A.  iv,  9;  scales  3-45-8. 

Color,  in  spirits:  A  black  blotch  as  long  as  the  eye  on  spinous  dorsal 
behind  first  to  third  spines.  Eye  dark  bluish.  Body  pale  yellowish 
brown,  with  faint  longitudinal  streaks  along  rows  of  scales. 


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45 


FIGURE  3.    PLECTRYPOPS  RETROSPINIS  (Guichenot). 

76.   Plectrypops   retrospinis    (Guichenot). 

5280  No.  933.  East  End,  St.  George's,  12  fathoms.  L.  Mowbray. 
Nov.  28,  1903. 

Mr.  Mowbray  took  seven  additional  specimens  in  March  and  April, 
1906,  which  were  cast  ashore  on  Cooper's  Island  and  St.  David's 
Island. 

The  excellent  figure  of  this  rare  species  will  show  the  strong 
characters  by  which  it  may  readily  be  distinguished  from  other 
mambers  of  its  family. 


CXVII.     Familv  Mullidre. 


77.  Upeneus  maculatus  (Bloch).     GOAT  FISH. 

5479  No.      4.     Hungry  Bay.  "  2  spec.     Aug.  24. 

5480  No.     27.     Ten  miles  off   Ireland  Id.     2     spec.    Fish-pot. 

Aug.  25. 

5481  No.    62.     Hungry  Bay.    Young.     Seine.     Aug.  30. 

5482  No.  406.     Well  Bay,    Cooper's  Id.     Eel-pot.     Oct.  5 

5483  No.  416.     Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  26. 

5484  No.  470.     Jones    Bay,     Cooper's     Id.      4     spec.      Seine. 

Sept.  25. 

5485  No.  508.     Wescott  Bay.  Seine.     Sept.  25. 

5486  No.  532.     Nonsuch  Bay.  Seine.     Sept.  25. 


46  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

5487  No.  548.  Nonsuch  Bay.  Seine.     8  spec.     Sept.  29. 

5488  No.  655.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  26. 

5489  No.  662.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.  13  spec.    Sept.  26. 

5490  No.  682.  Long  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

5491  No.  833.  Ely's  Harbor,     Seine.     Sept.  20. 

78.  Upeneus  martinicus  C.  &  V.     GOAT  FISH. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,   1877,   292,  as  Mulloides 
ftavovittatus . 


CXVIII.     Family  Scombridse. 

79.  Thunnus  thynnus  (L.). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,   1877,   291,  as     Orcynus 

thynnus. 

80.  Qymnosarda  alleterata  (Raf.).     MACKEREL. 

GOODE.  Am.  Jour.   Sci.  Arts,   xiv,  Oct.,   1877,   291,  as   Orcynus 
alliieratus . 

81.  Auxis  thazard  (Lac.).     FRIGATE  MACKEREL. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291,  as  Auxis  rochei. 


CXIX.     Family  Gempylidae. 

82.  Promethichthys  prometheus  (C.  &  V.).     CAT  FISH. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.   Sci.   Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,    1877,    291,    as  Thyrsites 
prometheus. 


CXXIII.     Family  Xiphiidse. 

83.  Xiphias  gladius  L.     SWORD  FISH. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291. 


CXXV.     Family  Caraiigidse. 

84.  Caranx  bartholomsei  C.  &  V.     JACK. 

4919     No.  507.     Wescott  Bay.  5  young.  Seine.     Sept.  25. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  47 

4920  No.  539.     Nonsuch     Bay      north     side.     "Green     Jack." 

Sept.  26. 

4921  No.  718.     Cable  Bay,  Tucker's  Town.  Seine.     Sept.  26. 

4922  No.  834.     Ely's  Harbor.  Seine.     "Green  Jack."     Sept.  20. 

85.  Caranx  chrysos  (Mitch.).     GWELLY. 

4923  No.  547.     Nonsuch  Bay,     Seine.     Sept.  29. 

86.  Caranx  guara  (Bonnaterre).     GWELLY. 

4915  No.  333.     Off  north  shore  from  Flatts.     Hook.     Oct.  6. 

2  D.  i,  27;  A.  i,  22;  scutes  about  27;  26  gill  rakers  below  angle 
on  first  arch,  longest  %  snout;  whole  number  of  rakers  about  40. 
No  trace  of  teeth  on  vomer,  palate,  or  tongue.  Lateral  line  about 
115,  including  scutes.  The  ventral  reaches  to'  middle  of  vent;  the 
pectoral  to  above  seventh  ray  of  anal.  Lower  jaw  included  within 
upper;  maxillary  not  quite  reaching  to  vertical  through  front  of 
eye;  eye  6  in  head,  2T/£  in  snout;  head  3  in  total  to  base  of  middle 
caudal  rays;  depth  equal  to  head.  Longest  ray  of  soft  dorsal  and 
anal  equal  and  3^  m  head.  Caudal  lobes  equal,  slightly  shorter 
than  head. 

A  very  marked  opercular  spot ;  no  spot  on  the  pectoral.  Iris  pale 
yellow.  Throat  and  adjacent  region  behind  last  gill  very  dark  brown, 
nearly  black. 

87.  Caranx  latus  Agassiz.     JACK. 

4928  No.  160.     Nonsuch  Bay.  Seine.     Sept.  4. 
D.  vin,  i,  20;   A.  \.  17,   scutes  34. 

4929  No.  194.     Flatts.  15  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  7. 

4930  No.  371.     Long  Bay,  Somerset.  3  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  22. 

4931  No.  556.     Flatts.     3  Young.     Oct.  5. 

4932  No.  575      Hunt's  Bay,  Port  Royal.  4  young.  Seine.  Sept. 

21. 

4933  No.   591.     Port  Royal  Bay.    Seine.     2  young.     Sept.  21. 

4916  No.  652.     Old  Ferry,  St.  George's.     Seine.     Sept.  23. 

4917  No.  679.     Nonsuch     Bay.     Seine.     3     young.     Sept.     26. 
Scutes  about  38. 

4918  No.  713.     Packwara  s  tJay.     Seine.     Young.     Sept.  23. 

4924  No.   717.     Cable  Bay,  Tucker's  Town.     Seine.     Sept.  26. 

4934  No.  758.     The  Reach,  St.  George's.  Seine.    Young.  Oct.  23. 

4925  No.  805.     The    Reach,    St.  Geoige's.  Seine.   .  Oct.  23. 

D.  vin,  i,    21-22;    A.  11-1,17;  scutes  36-38;  gill  rakers  1 8  below. 

4926  No.   813.     Long  Biid  Id.,  south  shore.     Young.     Oct.  24. 


48  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

4927     No.  836.     Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     2  spec.     Sept.  20. 

4935  No.  875.     Hamilton.     Fred  Ingham.     Nov.  6. 

88.  Caranx  ruber  (Bloch). 

4936  No.  77.     Nonsuch  Id.     Young.     Aug. 

89.  Caranx  caballus  (Gthr.). 

GUNTHER,  Rep.  Shore  Fishes  Chall.,  1880,  ic. 

90.  Decapterus  punctatus  (Agassi z).     ROBIN. 

4965  No.   135.     Gibbet  Id.     3  spec.     Seine.    Sept.  8. 

4966  No.  191.     Flatts.  5  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  7. 

4968  No.  518.  Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     3  spec.     Oct.  4. 

4969  No.  531.  Flatts.  Hook.     4  spec.     Oct.  2. 

4970  No.  555.  Flatts.  .3  spec.     Oct.  5. 

4971  No.  590.  Port  Royal  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  21. 

91.  Decapterus  scombrinus  (Val.).     ROBIN. 

41)67     No.  302.     Flatts.     2  spec.     Hook.     Sept.  8. 
These  two  examples  are  referred  to  D.  scombrinus,  although  it  is 
doubtful  if  this  species  be  distinct-  from  punctatus. 

92.  Trachurops  crumenophthalmus  (Bloch).     GOGGLER. 

5465  No.   114.     Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.  7  spec.     Seine.    Sept.  6. 

5466  No.  320.     Shelly  Bay.     Seine.  2  spec.     Sept.  9. 

5467  No.  708.     Packward's  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  23.. 

93.  Seriola  falcata  C.  &  V.     BONITO. 

5333  No.     30.     Near  Hungry  Bay.     Hook.     Aug.  29. 

5334  No.     34.     Near  Hungry  Bay.     Hook.     Aug.  29. 

5335  No.  395.     White's  Flat  Channel.     Hook.     Oct.  6. 
D.  vii-i,  27 ;  A.  ii-i,  18. 

5336  No.   780.     Castle  Harbor.     Under  Sargassum.     Young. 

Oct.  18. 

94.  Seriola  lalandi  C.  &  V.     AMBER  FISH. 

5337  No.  869.     St.  George's.     Mr.  F.  B.  Spurling.     Oct.  25. 

95.  Seriola  zonata  (Mitch.).     CREVALLE. 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  118. 

96.  Naucrates  ductor  L.     PILOT  FISH. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  292. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  49 

97.  Trachinotus  glaucus  (Bloch).     ALEWIFE. 

5468  No.  317.     Shelly  Bay.  3  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  9. 

5469  No.  876.     Hamilton.     2  spec.     Fred  Ingham.     Nov.  6. 

98.  Trachinotus  goodei  Jordan  &  Evermann. 

5470  No.  156.     Well  Bay,    Cooper's  Id.   Young.    D.    20;   A.    18. 

Sept.  5. 


CXXVII.     Family  Rachycentridre. 

99.  Rachycentron  canadus  (L.).     CUBBY  YEW. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct. ,1877,  292,  as  Elacate  canada. 


CXXVIII.     Family  Stromateiclre. 

100.  Gobiomorus  gronovii   (Gmelin). 

5245     No.  391.     Castle  Roads.  Under  Physaiia.     L.  Mowbray. 
March,  1904. 

101.  Psenes  pellucidus  Liitken. 

5285     No.  930.     Castle  Harbor.     Under  Sargassum.    L.  Mowbray. 
Aug.  17,  1903. 


CXXIX.  Family  Coryplueiiidre. 

102.  Coryphasna  hippurus  L.     DOLPHIN. 

4960  No.    401.     Flatts.    Young.     Under  Sargassum.     Oct.  10. 
An  individual  one  and  three-sixteenths  inches  long  to  caudal  base 

was  collected  at  the  Flatts,  Bermuda,  Oct.  10,  1905,  under  floating 
Sargassum.  Sides  with  14  narrow  dark  crossbars;  caudal  fin  dark 
in  its  middle  portion,  pale  at  base  and  tip;  dorsal  and  anal  blacki-h, 
mingled  with  pale;  pectorals  pale;  ventrals  dusky,  intermingled 
with  pale;  iris  silvery.  The  ventral  reaches  to  the  anal  origin;  the 
pectoral  not  nearly  to  vent,  shorter  than  head. 

4961  No.  438.     South  of  Gurnet  Rock.     Oct.  13. 

A  large  dolphin  was  caught  by  hook  south  of   Gurnet  Rock,  Oct. 
13,  1905.     Length  to  base  of  middle  caudal  rays,  33^  inches;  depth 


50  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

of  body,  at  base  of  pectoral,  6^X8  inches ;  least  depth  of  caudal  peduncle, 
iX  inches;  eye  2  in  snout,  6  in  head;  maxilla  scarcely  to  below 
middle  of  pupil;  forehead  decidedly  convex  but  not  very  high,  its 
greatest  depth  over  the  eye  only  Vz  head.  Ventral  5^  inches,  not 
reaching  near  to  vent;  pectoral  4^  inches,  about  equal  to  head  with- 
out snout.  Many  small  black  blotches  like  ink-spots  on  head  and 
body,  largest  and  most  numerous  in  pectoral  region.  Upper  parts 
slaty  blue,  lower  parts  silvery.  Anal  rays  26. 


CXXXII.     Family  Bra  in  Ida'. 

103.  Brama  rail  (Bloch). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  292 


CXXXIV.     Family  Centrolophidre. 

104.  Centrolophus  sp. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  292. 


CXLIV.     Family  Cheilodipteridse. 

105.  Apogon  pigmentarius  (Poey). 

4854     No.  523.     Cooper's  Id.,  west  side.     Oct.  24. 

4855     No.  685.     Long  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

Two  individuals  of  this  beautiful  species  were  seined  at  Cooper's 
Id.,  one  of  them  in  Long  Bay,  Sept.  25,  and  the  other  on  the  west  side, 
Oct.  24.  The  life  colors  of  the  Long  Bay  specimen  are  almost  re- 
tained in  the  spirits;  but  the  other  example  has  lost  all  its  bright 
colors  and  shows  a  very  pale  body  profusely  sprinkled  with  little 
dark  specks  and  black  tips  on  the  ventrals. 

The  Long  Bay  specimen,  collector's  number  685,  Museum  num- 
ber 4855,  is  purplish  brown  with  much  silvery  on  head  and  lower 
half  of  body  as  far  back  as  the  middle  of  the  anal  fin.  The  mem- 
branes of  all  the  fins  except  the  pectoral  are  dark;  the  pectorals  are 
pale;  many  very  small  points  of  pale  blue  (now  almost  white)  on 
the  body. 

D.  vi,  i,  10 ;    A.  n,  9;    scales  21/->-24-8. 


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The  .soft,  dorsal  is  much  higher  than  the  spinous ;  the  ventral  is  long, 
and  reaches  to  the  5th  ray  of  the  anal.  The  length  of  the  fish  with- 
out caudal  is  iVa  inches. 

The  individual  from  the  west  side  of  Cooper's  Id.,  collector's  num- 
ber 523,  Museum  number  4854  is,  about  as  large  as  the  one  above 
described.  Its  color  is  all  lost  except  the  very  black  tips  of  the  ven- 
trals  and  the  sprinkling  of  minute  dark  specks  on  head,  body,  and  fins. 
The  longest  dorsal  ray  is  more  than  *4  of  total  to  caudal  base.  The 
eye  is  large,  nearly  %  as  long  as  the  head.  D.  vi,  i,  10 ;  A.  n,  8 ;  scales 
21/2-26-8.  The  maxilla  reaches  to  below  the  hind  margin  of  the  eye; 
the  pectoral  to  above  the  first  anal  ray;  the  ventral  to  the  base  of 
the  fourth  anal  ray. 

106.  Apogon  sellicauda  Evermann  &  Marsh. 

To  this  species  are  referred  the  following  three  individuals  of 
Apogon,  collected  in  Hungry  Bay  and  at  Cooper's  Island:  No. 
524,  Museum  Catalogue  number  4856,  west  side  of  Cooper's  Id.,  Oct. 
24,  1905.  Length  to  end  of  scales,  i%  inches.  D.  vi,  i,  9;  A.  n, 
8;  scales  2V2-2j-io. 

No.  61,  Museum  Catalogue  number  4857,  two  specimens.  Hungry 
Bay.  Aug.  28,  1905.  D.  vi,  i,  9;  A.  n,  8;  scales  2^-26-8.  Length 
to  end  of  scales,  i%  inches.  D.  vi,  i,  9;  A.  n,  8;  scales  21/2-25~io. 
Length  to  end  of  scales,  i  inch. 

Number  524  agrees  fully  and  clearly  with  the  published  descrip- 
tion of  A.  sellicauda.  Its  beautiful  life  color  has  faded  entirely  ex- 
cept the  dark  blotches  on  opercle,  back  near  base  of  soft  dorsal,  and 
caudal  peduncle.  The -smaller  examples  still  retain  traces  of  the 
original  scarlet  and  the  dark  markings  are  much  more  intense  than 
in  number  524.  The  black  band  behind  the  eye  is  continued  faintly 
in  front  of  the  eye  around  the  snout. 

107.  Apogon  binotatus   (Poey). 

BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  .119. 

108.  Apogon  imberbis  (L.). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  292. 

109.  Apogon  maculatus  (Poey). 

BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  119. 
JORDAN  &  EVERMANN,  Bull.  47,  U.  S.  N.  M.  1109. 
Bermuda  specimen  in  New  York  Aquarium,  in  alcohol. 


52  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

Length  to  base  of  middle  caudal  rays    3Vi 

Depth  of  body iVs 

Least  depth  of  caudal  peduncle ' Va 

Head     1% 

Eye • .    7A« 

Snout *4 

Maxilla  nearly  to  hind  margin  of  eye. 
Preopercle  distinctly  serrulate. 

Color  in  spirits:  pale  yellowish  brown.  A  dark  blotch  under 
base  of  second  dorsaj,  as  long  as  the  eye,  on  left  side,  but  only  %  as 
long  on  the  right.  Faint  trace  of  a  smaller  dark  blotch  on  top  of 
caudal  peduncle  near  root  of  caudal  fin.  Iris  now  dark  bluish.  The 
body  was  bright  rosy  in  life. 


CXLVI.     Family  Nerraiiidse. 

110.  Promicrops  guttata  (L.).     JEW  FISH. 
TOWNSEND,  New  York  Aquarium  Report,  1905,  36. 

111.  Bodianus  fulvus  (L.).     YELLOW  CONEY. 
BARBOUR,  Bull.     M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,   1905,  120. 

112.  Bodianus  fulvus  punctatus  (Linnaeus).     BLACK  CONEY. 

4898  No.     26.     Ten  miles  off  Ireland  Id.    Fish-pot.     Aug.  25. 

4899  No.  867.     South  Shore,  near  Cooper's  Id.      Oct.  25. 

113.  Bodianus  fulvus  ruber  (Bl.  &  Schn.).     RED  CONEY. 

4900  No.     5.     Hungry  Bay.  2  spec.     Aug.  24. 

4901  No.  355.     iV2  m.  South  of  Gurnet  Rock.  Hook.     Oct.  5. 

114.  Epinephelus  maculosus  (C.  &  V.).     RED  HIND. 

4982  No.    47.     Ten  miles  off  Ireland  Id.     Fish-pot.     Aug.  31. 
D.  x,  i,  16;  A.  in,  8;  scales  16-107-28-;  gill  rakers  16  or  17  below 
angle,  the  longest  less  than  ]/z  eye,  and  only  6  or  7  of  them  differen- 
tiated, the  rest  connected  except  at  the  tips. 

A  few  weak  scales  on  maxilla.     Length  to  base  of  caudal  fin,  9^ 
inches. 

4905     No.  550.     Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  29. 
A  small  example,  5^  inches  long  to  base  of  caudal  fin,  shows 
practically  the  same  colors  in  spirits  as  the  larger  individual.     Head 


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53 


and  body  profusely  covered  with  roundish  brown  spots,  about  half 
as  large  as  the  pupil,  soft  dorsal,  caudal  and  anal  with  a  dark  margin 
edged  with  white,  tips  of  the  membranes  connecting  dorsal  spines 
white,  spots  on  belly  and  above  anal  base  whitish.  Pectoral  pale 
but  with  traces  of  six  or  seven  very  narrow  bands  formed  by  spots 
on  the  rays,  but  not  on  the  connecting  membrane. 


115.  Epinephelus  morio  (C.  &  V.).     RED  GROUPER. 

4983  No.  197.     Flatts.  Fish-pot.     Sept.  8. 

4984  No.  331.     Flatts,  mouth  of  harbor.  Fish-pot. 

116.  Epinephelus  striatus  (Bloch).     HAMLET. 


Oct.  6. 


4985  No.       7.  Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  24. 

4986  No.     25.  Saw  Kettle,  Hamilton  Harbor.     Aug.  25. 

4987  No.    46.  Ten  miles  off  Ireland  Id.    Fish-pot.     Aug.  31. 

4988  No.  184.  The  Flatts.     Fish-pot.     Young.     Sept.  8. 

4989  No.  185.  The  Flatts.    Seine.     Sept.  7. 

4990  No.  198.  The  Flatts.    Fish-pot.     Sept.  8. 

4991  No.  409.  Harrington     Sd.     Fish-pot.     Sept.  20. 

4992  No.  474.  Jones  Bay.    Young.  Seine.     Sept.  25. 

4993  No.  578.  Flatts.     Fish-pot.    Young.     Sept.  29. 

4994  No.  651.  Old  Ferry,  St.  George's.    Seine.     2  young.     Sept. 

23- 

4995  No.  756.  The  Reach,  St.  George's.    Seine.     3  young.     Oct. 

23- 


117.  Epinephelus  drummond=hayi  Goode  &  Bean. 

GOODE  &  BEAN,  Proc.  U.  S.  N.  M.,  1878,  173,  174.      Bermuda. 
JORDAN  &  EVERMANN,  Bull.  47,  U.  S.  N.  M.,  1896,  1159. 

118.  Mycteroperca  bonaci  (Poey).     ROCK  FISH. 


5216  No. 

5217  No. 

5218  No. 

5219  No. 

5220  No. 

5221  No. 

5222  No. 


22. 

49- 


187. 
377- 
529- 
572. 


Saw  Kettle,  Hamilton.     Young.     Aug.  25. 
Ten  miles   off    Ireland  Id.        Young.      Fish-pot. 

Aug.  31. 
The  Flatts.      Young.  "Salmon"   Rock.        Seine. 

Sept.  8. 

The  Flatts.      Young.      Seine.     Sept.  7. 
Long  Bay,  Somerset.    Young.    Seine.     Sept.  22. 
Flatts.     Young.     Oct.  6. 
Hunt's     Bay,     Port     Royal.      Young.      Seine. 

Sept.  21. 


54  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

5223  No.  579.     Flatts.     Fish-pot.     Young.     Sept.  20. 

5224  No.  916.     Hungry  Bay.     Seine.     2  young.     Nov.  7. 

119.  Mycteroperca  microlepis  (Goode  &   Bean).     ROCK  FISH. 

5225  No.     48.     Ten  miles   off    Ireland    Id.     Young.     Fish-pot. 

Aug.  31. 

120.  Mycteroperca  tigris  (?)  (C.  &  V.).     GAG. 

5226  No.     24.     Ten    miles  off    Ireland  Id.     Young.      Fish-pot. 

Aug.  25. 

121.  Mycteroperea  venenoso  apua  (Bloch).     RED  ROCKFISH. 

5227  No.  883.     Challenger  Bank.     28  fms.     Hook.     Oct.  12. 

5228  No.  884.     Challenger  Bank.     30  fms.     Hook.     Oct.  12. 

122.  Mycteroperca  bowersi  (?)  Evermann  &  Marsh.    PRINCESS  ROCK- 

FISH. 
TOWNSEND,  New  York  Aquarium  Report,  1905,  36. 

123.  Mycteroperca  falcata    (Poey). 

BOULANGER,  Cat.  i,  261,  as  Epinephelus  falcatus.     Adult  specimen 
from  Bermuda.  Jones. 

124.  Hypoplectrus  puella   (C.  &  V.).     BUTTER  HAMLET. 

5082  No.    66.  Hamilton  Harbor.     W.  Allen.     Aug.  28. 

5083  No.  181.  The  Flatts.     Fish-pot.     Sept.  8. 

5084  No.  183.  The  Flatts.     Eel-pot.     Sept.  9. 

5085  No.  488.  The  Flatts.     Eel-pot.     Oct.  22. 

5086  No.  528.  The  Flatts.     Eel-pot.     Oct.  6. 

5087  No.  597.  Port  Royal  Bay.     Seine.     2  young.     Sept.  21. 

5088  No.  647.  Old  Ferry,  St.  George's.     3  young.     Sept.  23. 

5089  No.  709.  Packward's  Bay.     Seine.     Young.     Sept.  23. 

5090  No.  934.  Flatts.     Eel-pot.     Nov.  10. 

125.  Prionodes  phoebe  (Poey).     TATLER. 

5283  No.  437.     Two  and  a  half  miles  south  Gurnet  Rock.     60 

fms.  Hook.     2  spec.     Oct.  5. 

5284  No.  885.     South  Shore.     2  spec.     Oct.  12. 

126.  Petrometopon  cruentatus  (Lacepede) .     GRAYSBY. 

5270  'No.  380.     Four  miles  North  by  East  of  Dockyard  Point, 

White's  Flat  Channel.     Hook.     Sept. 

5271  No.  393.     White's  Flat  Channel.     Hook.     5  spec.     Oct.  6. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  55 

127.  Dermatolepis  inermis  (C.  &  V.).     MUTTON  HAMLET. 

4972  No.    85.     St.  David's  Id.     Fish-pot.     Sept.  5. 

4973  No.  549.     Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  29. 

4974  No.  676.     Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     2  spec.     Sept.  26. 
These   individuals   range   in  length   to  base  of   caudal   from 

inches  to  5>^  inches. 

128:  Alphestes  chloropterus  (C.  &  V.).     RED  NIGGER  FISH. 
4838     No.  874.     South  shore.     Oct.  12. 

129.  Rhypticus  bistrispinus   (Mitchill) .     SOAP  FISH. 
5295     No.  76.     Nonsuch  Id.     Aug. 

130.  Paranthias  furcifer    (C.  &  V.).     BARBER. 

5265  No.      2.     Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  24. 

5266  No.    35.     Near  Hungry  Bay.      Hook.     Aug.  29. 

5267  No.  925.     South  Shore.    Mr.  F.  B.  Spurling.     Nov.  10. 


CXLVII.     Family   Lobotidie. 

131.  Lobotes  surinamensis   (Bloch). 

5164     No.  402.     Flatts.     Young.     Under  Sargassum.     Oct.  ic. 


CXLVIII.     Family    Priacanthidre. 

132.  Priacanthus  arenatus  (C.  &.  V.).     GLASS  EYE.     BLEAR   EYE. 

5281  No.  398.     North  Shore  off  Flatts.     2  spec.     Oct.  6. 

5282  No.  882.     North  Shore  off  Flatts.     2  spec.     Oct.  12. 

133.  Priacanthus  cruentatus  (Lacepede). 

A  specimen  6^    inches  long,  including  caudal,  is  in  the  Hist. 
Soc.  Collection  at  Parlaville,  Hamilton. 


CXLIX.     Family  Lutianidse. 

134.  Lutianus  apodus   (Bl.  &  Schn.).     SCHOOLMASTER. 

5230  No.     15.     Hungry  Bay.     Young.     Aug.  24. 

5231  No.  915.     Hungry  Bay.     Young.     Seine.     Nov.     7. 


56  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

135.  Lutianus  griseus   (L.).     GRAY  SNAPPER. 

5232  No.    56.  Hungry  Bay.     Young.     Seine.     Aug.  30. 

5233  No.    68.  The  Flatts  (bridge).     Hook.     Sept.     7. 

5234  No.  171.  Hayward's  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  6. 

5235  No.  330.  Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     Sept.  20. 

5236  No.  565.  Wescott  Bay.     2  young.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

5237  No.  587.  Port  Royal  Bay.    Seine.     Young.     Sept.  21. 

5238  No.  802.  The  Reach,  St.  George's..    Seine.     Oct.  23. 

5239  No.  853.  Great  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     5, young.     Sept.  18. 

136.  Lutianus  synagris  (Linnaeus).     SILK  SNAPPER. 

5241  No.  307.     The  Flatts,  fish  pot.     Sept:  8. 

5242  No.  397.     North  shore  off  Flatts.    2  spec.    "White  Bottom 

Snapper."     Oct.  2. 

5243  No.  807.     Flatts.     Nov.  3. 

137.  Lutianus  vivanus  (C.  &.V.). 

5244  No.      8.     Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  24. 

5229     No.  326.     Two-and-a-half    miles   south    of   Gurnet    Rock- 
Oct.  5. 

5240  No.  436.     Two-and-a-half   miles   south   of    Gurnet    Rock. 

Oct.  5. 

No.  5244  is  8^2  inches  long  to  base  of  middle  caudal  rays.  D.  x, 
14;  A.  in,  8;  scales  8-72-17.  Two  gill  rakers  and  four  rudiments 
above  angle  of  first  arch;  ten  developed  rakers  and  five  rudiments 
below  angle;  the  longest  raker  %  as  long  as  the  eye.  Iris  lemon-yel- 
low; a  very  narrow  black  margin  on  caudal  fin.  Longest  dorsal  spine 
(4th)  is  i>^  inches  long,  or  slightly  longer  than  upper  jaw,  and  about 
equal  to  longest  ray  of  anal.  Ventral  reaches  slightly  past  vent;  pec- 
toral to  vertical  through  anal  origin,  seven  rows  of  scales  on  cheek, 
about  ten  rows  on  opercle. 

No.  5229  is  14  inches  long  to  base  of  middle  caudal  rays.  D.  x,  14; 
A.  in,  8;  scales  8-72-17.  Two  developed  gill  rakers  and  five  rudi- 
ments above  angle  of  first  arch,  ten  developed  and  five  rudimentary 
rakers  below  angle,  the  longest  raker  about  %  as  long  as  eye.  Long- 
est dorsal  spine,  2  inches,  equals  %  head,  also  equals  distance 
from  eye  to  tip  of  snout.  Longest  anal  ray  nearly  %  head.  Head 
5^  inches,  ^  of  total  without  caudal.  Eye  ^2  snout,  5^  in 
head.  Ventral  reaches  past  vent;  pectoral  to  vertical  through  anal 
origin.  Seven  rows  of  scales  on  cheek,  eleven  on  opercle. 

Iris  lemon-yellow;  a  narrow  black  margin  on  caudal;  no  dark 
blotch  on  base  or  in  axil  of  pectoral,  and  none  on  sides. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  57 

In  L.  hastingsi  the  gill  rakers  are  7  +9 ;  the  ventral  does  not  reach 
to  the  vent  by  a  space  YZ  as  long  as  the  eye,  and  the  pectoral  extends 
only  to  the  vent. 

138.  Lutianus  aya  (Bloch).     RED  SNAPPER. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  292,  as  Lutjanus  aya. 
There  is  no  evidence  that  aya  occurs  in  Bermuda. 

139.  Lutianus  buccanella  (C.    &   V.).     BLACK-FIN;     RED    SNAPPER. 
GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,   1877,   292,  as  Lutjanus 

buccanella. 

140.  Ocyurus  chrysurus  (Bloch).     YELLOW  TAIL. 

5247  No.      .3.  Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  24. 

5248  No.    96.  The  Flatts.    2  young.     Seine.  Sept.  8. 

5249  No.  373.  Long  Bay,  Somerset.  5  young.  Seine.    Sept.  22. 

5250  No.  486.  Flatts.     Oct.  27. 

5251  No.  832.  Ely's  Harbor.  Seine.  3  young.  Sept.  20. 

5252  No.  848.  Ely's  Harbor.  Seine.  3  young.  Sept.  20. 


CL.     Family  Ihi'iii  ill  i<l;i>. 

141.  Hsemulon  carbonarium  Poey.     BLACK-TAIL  GRUNT. 

5040  No.  32.     Near  Hungry    Bay.     Hook.     2  spec.     Aug.  28. 

5041  No.  37.     Near  Hungry  Bay.     Hook.      Aug.  29. 

142.  Hsemulon  flavolineatum  (Desmarest).     YELLOW  GRUNT. 

5042  No.    40.  Near  Hungry  Bay.  2  spec.     Aug.  29. 

5043  No.    45.  Ten  miles  off  Ireland  Id.     Fish-pot.     Aug  31. 

5044  No.  109.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     2  spec.  Seine.     Sept.  3. 

5045  No.  306.  Flatts.      Fish-pot.     Sept.  8. 

5046  No.  381.  Flatts.     Fish-pot.     Oct.  3. 

5047  No.  388.  Long  Bay,  Somerset.    3  young.   Seine.    Sept.  22. 

143.  Ha^mulon  melanurum   (Linnaeus).     STREAKED  GRUNT. 

5048  No.  394.     White's  Flat  Channel.     Hook.     Oct.  6. 

5049  No.  733.     Castle  Harbor,  Cooper's  Id.     Young.     Oct.  25. 

5050  No.  774.     Cooper's  Id.,  west  side.     Young.     Oct.  25. 

144.  Hzumulon  sciurus  (Shaw).     BOAR  GRUNT. 

5054     No.     95.     The  Flatts.     4  young.     Seine.     Sept.  8. 


58  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM — ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

5055  No.  117.     Well  Bay.  Young.     Seine.     Sept.  6. 

5056  No.  169.     Hayward's  Bay,   St.   David's  Id.  2  spec.    Seine. 

Sept.  6. 

5057  No.  305.     Flatts.  Seine.     Sept.  8. 

5058  No.  387.     Long  Bay,  Somerset.  Young.  Seine.     Sept.  22. 

5059  No.  589.     Port  Royal  Bay.     Seine.     2  spec.     Sept.  21. 

5060  No.  757.     The  Reach, St.  George's.  Seine.  5  young.   Oct.  23. 

5061  No.  816.     Long  Bird  Id.,  south  shore.      Young.      Oct.  24. 

145.  Haemulon  album  C.  &  V.     MARGATE  FISH. 
TOWNSEND,  New  York  Aquarium  Report,  1905,  36. 

146.  Hsemulon  bonariense  C.  &  V.     BLACK  GRUNT. 
TOWNSEND,  New  York  Aquarium  Report,  1905,  36. 

147.  Haemulon  macrostomum  Gthr.     Sow  GRUNT. 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  122. 

148.  Bathystoma  aurolineatum  (C.  &  V.).     WHITE  GRUNT. 

4886  No.  no.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  3. 

4887  No.  137.  Hayward's  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.  2  spec.  Sept.  4. 

4888  No.  150.  Well  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  5. 

4889  No.  170.  Hayward's  Bay.  '  2  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  6. 

4890  No.  321.  Shelly  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  9. 

4891  No.  454.  Cove  near   Hunt's    Bay,  Port  Royal   Id.  Seine. 

Sept.  21. 

4892  No.  557.     Ruth's  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     Oct.  4. 

4893  No.  570.     Hunt's  Bay,  Port  Royal.     Seine.     Sept.  21. 

149.  Bathystoma  rimator  (Jord.  &  Swain).     WHITE  GRUNT. 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  123. 

150.  Bathystoma  striatum    (L.). 

BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  123,  20  specimens, 
M.  C.  Z.,  No.  10602.     Taken  by  Bickmore,  1862. 

151.  Orthopristis  chrysopterus  (Linnaeus).     SAILOR'S  CHOICE. 

5260  No.  177.  Hayward's  Bay.  2  spec.     Seine.     Sept.    6. 

5261  No.  410.  Harrington  Sd.  2  spec.  Fish-pot.     Sept.  20. 

5262  No.  514.  Flatts,  Seine.     Sept.  27. 

5263  No.  580.  Flatts,  Seine.  2  spec.     Sept.  20. 

5264  No.  586.  Port  Royal  Bay.     Seine.  3  spec.     Sept.  21. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  59* 

CLI.     Family  Sparictae. 

152.  Calamus  bajonado    (Bl.  &  Schri).     PORGY. 

4907  No.  369.     Long  Bay,  Somerset.   5  young.  Seine.     Sept.  22. 

4909  No.  423.     Near  Red  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     Young.     Seine. 

Sept.  28. 

4908  No.  653.     Old  Ferry,  St.  George's.  Seine.     Sept.  23. 

622     No.  900.     Two  and  a  half  miles  south  of  Gurnet  Rock.  Jaws 

of  large  one.  Oct.  5. 

4911     No.      6.     Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  24. 
/     4912     No.  534.     Nonsuch  Bay.  Young.  Seine.     Sept.  26. 

4913  No.  808.     Flatts.  Young.     Nov.    3. 

4914  No.  847.     Ely's  Harbor.  Seine.  2  young.     Sept.  20. 

153.  Calamus  calamus   (C.  &  V.).     SHEEPHEAD  PORGY. 

4910  No.  332.     White  Shoal  Flat.  Hook.     13^  in.  long.     Oct.  6. 

154.  Diplodus  argenteus   (C.  &V.).     BREAM. 

4976  No.    83.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  6. 

4977  No.  in.  Well  Bay.  8  young.  Seine.     Sept.  8. 

4978  No.  133.  Gibbet  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  8. 

4979  No.  312.  Shelly  Bay.  Seine.     Sept.  9. 

4980  No.  372.  Long  Bay,  Somerset.  Young.  Seine.     Sept.  22. 

4981  No.  571.  Hunt's  Bay,  Port  Royal.  Young.  Seine.    Sept.  21. 

155.  Lagodon  rhomboides  (L.).     SPANISH  PORGY. 
GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  292. 


156.   Eucinostomus 

4997  No.  57. 

74. 


4998 
4999 


No. 
No.  107. 

5000  No.  165. 

5001  No.  176. 


5002  No.  192. 

5003  No.  304. 

5004  No.  314. 


CLIII.     Family   tterridse. 

harengulus  Goode  &  Bean.     SHAD. 
Hungry  Bay.  Young.  Dip-net.     Aug.  29-30. 
St.  David's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  6. 
Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  3. 
Nonsuch  Bay.  Seine.     Sept.  4. 
Hay  ward's  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     2  spec.     Seine- 

Sept.  6. 

Flatts.  2  spec.  Seine.     Sept.  7. 
Flatts.  Seine.     Sept.  8. 
Shelly  Bay.  Seine.     Sept.  9. 


60  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

5005  No.  379.  Long  Bay,  Somerset.  Seine.     Sept.  22. 

5006  No.  671.  Soldier  Bay,  Old  Ferry.  Seine.  Young.     Sept.  23. 

5007  No.  845.  Ely's  Harbor.  Seine.     Sept.  20. 

5008  No.  858.  Shelly  Bay.  Seine.     Sept.  19. 

157.  Eucinostomus  pseudogula  Poey.     SHAD. 

5009  No.  796.     Long  Bird  Id.     Seine.     Oct.  24. 

5010  No.  861.     Hayward's  Bay,  St.  David's.     Seine.  Sept.  19. 

158.  Eucinostomus  gula  (C.  &  V.)  .  SHAD. 
GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291. 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  124. 

159.  Ulaema  lefroyi  (Goode).     LONG  BONE  SHAD. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291,  as  Eucinostomus 
lefroyi. 

160.  Xystasma  cinereum  (Walbaum).     SHAD. 
5492     No.  134.     Gibbet  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  8^ 


CLIV.     Family  Kyphosidae. 

161.  Kyphosus  sectatrix  (Linnaeus) .     CHUB. 

5132  No.     50.     Hungry  Bay.  Aug.  30. 

5133  No.    73.     St.  David's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.    6. 

5134  No.  149.     Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  5. 

5135  No.  643.     Old  Ferry,  St.  George's.     Sept.  23. 

5136  No.  790.     Cooper's  Id.     3  spec.     Oct.  25. 

.5137     No.  803.     The  Reach,  St.  George's.     Seine.     Oct.  23. 


CLV.     Family 

162.  Eques  acuminatus    (Bl.  &.  Schn.).      CROAKER. 

4996     No.  926.     St.  George's  Harbor.  L.  Mowbray.     Sept.  4,  1903. 


CLIX.     Family    Poinacentridse. 

163.  Abudefduf  saxatilis   (Linnaeus).     Cow  PILOT. 
4823     No.     12.     Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  24. 


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61 


4824 
4825 
4826 
4827 


No.  51. 
No.  72. 
No.  108. 
No.  345. 


4828'    No.  368. 


Hungry  Bay.  Young.     Aug.  30. 
St.  David's  Id.     Fish-pot.  '  Sept.  6. 
Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  3. 
Great    Shoal,    Castle      Harbor.     2    spec. 

Sept.  25. 
Long  Bay,  Somerset.  3  spec.  Seine.     Sept.  22. 


Pot. 


4829     No.  654.     Old  Ferry,  St.  George's.  Seine.     Sept. 23. 

164.  Eupomacentrus  adustus  (Troschel).     YELLOW  BELLY. 

5013  No.  521.     Nonsuch  Bay.     Eel-pot.     Oct.  4. 

5014  No.  544.     Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot.     Oct.  4. 

5015  No.  701.     Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot.  2  spec.     Sept.  25. 


FIGURE  4.    EUPOMACENTRUS  CHRYSUS  Bean. 

165.   Eupomacentrus  chrysus  Bean. 

BEAN,  Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash.,  xix,  Feb.  26,  1906,  32. 

5025     No.  525.     White's  Flat  Channel.     Eel-pot.     Oct.  6. 

Although  it  seems  risky  to  describe  a  new  Eupomacentrus  in  the 
existing  uncertainty  about  the  nominal  species,  the  subject  of  the 
present  article  is  so  different  from  all  the  known  forms  as  to  leave  no 
choice  for  the  writer.  An  individual  measuring  !$/&  inches  to  end  of 
scales,  and  greatest  depth  1JJio  inch,  is  almost  uniform  yellow,  the  only 
dark  portions  being  the  eye,  a  diffuse  spot  on  the  base  of  the  spinous 


62  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

and  soft  dorsal,  a  dark  saddle  on  the  top  of  the  caudal  peduncle,  a 
very  small  dark  point  at  the  upper  axil  of  the  pectoral,  a  faint  dusky 
area  on  the  snout  and  nape,  and  about  21  very  faint,  narrow,  dusky 
lines  on  the  sides  following  the  hind  margins  of  the  rows  of  scales, 
some  of  these  extending  above  the  lateral  line,  but  none  of  them 
reaching  far  below  the  lower  edge  of  the  pectoral. 

D.  xn,  16;  A.  ii,  15;  scales  3—28-11,  the  pores  occupying  18 
scales.  The  depth  is  %  total  length  to  end  of  scales.  Eye  longer  than 
snout,  %  head.  Head  3^  in  total  to  end  of  scales.  Mouth  small, 
the  upper  jaw  barely  reaching  to  vertical  at  front  of  orbit.  Interor- 
bital  space  }/$  head.  First  dorsal  spine  as  long  as  snout;  dorsal 
spines  regularly  graduated,  the  last  one  about  ZA  head;  the  yth  soft 
ray  equal  to  head  without  snout.  The  pectoral  reaches  to  the  i2th 
row  of  scales;  the  ventral  filamentous  at  tip  and  reaching  to  anal 
origin. 

An  irregular  dark  blotch  at  the  bases  of  the  last  three  dorsal  spines 
and  the  first  three  soft  rays  extending  down  to  the  lateral  line  covering 
five  rows  of  scales ;  this  blotch  is  considerably  larger  than  the  eye.  A 
small  rectangular  dark  blotch  forming  a  saddle  on  the  top  of  the  cau- 
dal peduncle,  covering  three  rows  of  scales.  A  minute  black  blotch 
in  the  upper  axil  of  the  pectoral.  Iris  dark.  Nape  and  top  of  snout 
dusky.  Fins  all  pale ;  general  color  yellow,  this  also  extending  upon 
the  scales  covering  the  lower  portions  of  the  dorsal  and  anal  fins. 

166.  Eupomacentrus  fuscus   (C.  &  V.). 

5011  No.  495.     Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot.     4  spec.     Sept.  18. 

5012  No.  509.     Wescott  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 
5021     No.  702.     Nonsuch  Id.     4  spec.     Sept.  25. 

167.  Eupomacentrus  leucostictus  (Mull.  &  Trosch.).  YELLOW  BELLY. 

5016  No.     59.  Hungry  Bay.  7  spec.     Dip-net.     Aug.  29-30. 

5017  No.  1 20.  Nonsuch  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  3. 

5018  No.  477.  Jones  Bay.     Young.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

5019  No.  496.  Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot.  2  spec.     Sept.  18. 

5020  No.  688.  Long  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.    Seine.  3  spec.     Sept. 25. 
•  5022  No.  729.  Castle  Harbor,  Cooper's  Id.     Oct.  25. 

5023  No.  742.     Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.    Under  rocks.     Oct.  28. 

5024  No.  881.     Hungry  Bay.     Dip-net.     Nov.  6. 

168.  Microspathodon  chrysurus  (C.  &  V.). 

BARBOUR,.  Bull.    M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,     No.  7,  1905,    125.      Two    very 
small  ones  from  Sargassum  off  Ireland  Id. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  63 

According  to  Gxinther,  Cat.  iv,  57,  this  species  has:  D.  xn,  15  -16 ; 
A.  n,  13-14;  scales  3-28  to  29-10.  Depth  of  body  one-half  length 
to  caudal  base.  Preorbital  wider  than  long.  Caudal  forked.  Color: 
brown,  dorsal,  anal  and  ventral  black;  caudal  yellow;  blue  dots 
round  the  eyes  and  on  the  back. 

Under  the  name  Glyphidodon  chrysurus  Gunther  records  five 
skins  of  adults  in  the  British  Museum  from  Caribbean  Sea.  (Dr. 
Parnell's  collection.) 

169.  Microspathodon  niveatus  (Poey). 

5181     No.  522.     Castle  Harbor,  Tucker's  Town  Point.     Oct.  20. 

D.  xii,  15;  A.  11,  14;  scales  3-27-11.  About  6  rows  of 'scales  on 
cheek  from  front  to  rear,  3  vertical  rows.  Chin,  preorbital,  and  tip 
of  snout  naked. 

Ground  color  very  dark  blue,  with  pale  blue  dots  which  show 
emerald  green  reflections  in  life.  Four  blue  spots  on  top  of  snout. 
Four  on  interorbital  area.  Six  on  nape  in  front  of  ist  dorsal.  Thir- 
teen on  dorsals,  including  base.  One  on  caudal  peduncle.  Two 
faint  ones  at  root  of  caudal.  One  on  anal  base.  About  14  on  the 
back  and  sides.  Two  on  opercle.  One  at  angle  of  preopercle.  One 
at  angle  of  mouth.  Six  around  the  eye.  Pectoral  and  caudal  and  tip 
of  soft  dorsal  rays  pale  in  life.  Dorsals,  anal,  and  ventrals  very  dark. 

170.  Purcaria  cyanea  Poey. 

BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  124.  One  specimen, 
M.  C.  Z.  No.  14801,  taken  by  Captain  Hamilton,  1864. 


CLX.     Family  Labriclse. 

171.  Lachnolaimus  maximus  (Walbaum).     HOG  FISH. 

5151     No.  864.     St.  George's.     Mr.  F.  B.  Spurling.     Oct.  30. 

172.  Marpe  rufa  (Linnaeus).     SPANISH  HOG  FISH. 

5063     No.   21.     Ten  miles  off  Ireland  Id.     Fish-pot.     Aug.  25. 

173.  Iridio  bivittatus  (Bloch).     SLIPPERY  DICK. 

5104  No.     16.  Hungry  Bay.     Young.     Aug.  24. 

5105  No.     54.  Hungry  Bay.     Young.     Many.     Aug.  30. 

5106  No.    93.  The  Flatts.     2  spec.     Fish-pot.     Sept.  8. 

5107  No.  122.  Nonsuch  Id.  and  Well  Bay.     Young.     Sept.  3. 

5108  No.  126.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Eel-pot.     Sept.  6. 


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5I09 

No.  154. 

5110 

No.  168. 

5111 

No.  390. 

5112 

No.  405. 

5H3 

No.  418. 

5114 

No.  428. 

5115 

No.  469. 

5116 

No.  487. 

5TI7 

No.  511. 

5118 

No.  644. 

SJI9 

No.  658. 

5120 

No.  686. 

5121 

No.  706. 

5122 

No.  770. 

5I23 

No.  800. 

Well  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  5. 
Nonsuch  Id.     Landing.     Sept.  6. 
Long  Bay,  Somerset.    Young.    Seine.    Sept.  22. 
Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Eel-pot.     Oct.  5. 
Well  Bay.     Young.     Seine.     Sept.  26. 
Near  Red  Bay.     Young.     Seine.     Sept.  28. 
Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 
Flatts.     Oct.  27. 
Wescott.Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 
Old  Ferry,  St.  George's.     Sept.  23. 
Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  26. 
Long  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 
Packward's  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  23. 
Cooper's    Id.,     west    side.     Green.     Oct.  25. 
Smith's    Id.,     St.     George's.     2  spec.      Seine. 
Oct.  17. 


FIGURE  5.    IRIDIO  DECORATUS  Bean. 

174.  Iridio  decoratus  Bean. 

BEAN,  Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash.,  xix,  Feb.  26,  1906,  29. 

5128     No.  545.     Nonsuch  Id.     2  spec.     Oct.  4. 

D.  ix,  ii ;  A.  in,  12;  scales  2-27-7.  Eye  equal'  to  snout,  4  in 
head;  head  3}-*  in  total  to  end  of  scales;  depth  4%.  The  pectoral 
reaches  to  eighth  row  of  scales;  ventral  about  one-half  head,  not 
reaching  nearly  to  vent. 

Color  in  spirits:  Brownish  above  middle  line,  paler  below;  a 
short  dark  stripe  on  snout  in  front  of  eye;  a  narrow  dark  line  from 
eye  backward  to  nape;  a  second  irregular  line  also  from  eye  below 
this,  and  a  third  broken  line  beginning  behind  eye  and  running  tow- 
ard origin  of  lateral  line;  a  small  black  dot  in  upper  axil  of  pec- 
toral. 


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FIGURE  6.    IRIDIO  ELEGANS  Bean. 

175.  Iridio  elegans  Bean. 

BEAN,  Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash.,  xix,  Feb.  26,  1906,  30. 

5129  No.  703.     Nonsuch  Id.  Eel-pot.     Sept.  25. 

5130  No.  762.     Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Oct.  25. 

5131  No.  767.     Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     2  spec.     Oct.  28. 

D.  ix,  ii ;  A.  in,  12;  scales,  2x/2-26-9.  Eye  iVs  in  snout,  4  in 
head.  Head  3^4  in  total  to  end  of  scales.  Depth  equal  to  head. 
Pectoral  extends  to  tenth  scale  of  transverse  series;  ventral  V-2  head, 
not  quite  reaching  vent. 

Colors  in  spirits:  A  narrow  blue  line  from  angle  of  mouth  to 
edge  of  subopercle ;  a  wavy  blue  line  starts  near  angle  of  mouth,  runs 
under  eye  and  gently  down  toward  upper  axil  of  pectoral ;  spots  and 
broken  lines  of  blue  behind  eye  and  on  nape ;  five  pale  bars  from  edge 
of  back  downward  toward  median  line;  a  large,  diffuse  black  blotch 
on  anterior  half  of  soft  dorsal  extending  downward  to  lateral  line; 
two  smaller  dark  blotches  under  last  four  dorsal  rays;  an  irregular 
dark  blotch  on  root  of  caudal ;  three  blue  lines  on  body,  the  uppermost 
along  lateral  line,  the  others  below  median  line;  three  short,  oblique 
blue  lines  in  pectoral  region. 

176.  Iridio  meyeri  Bean. 

BEAN,  Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash.,  xix,  Feb.  26,  1906,  29. 

4938     No.  noi.     Nonsuch  Id.     Oct.  1905. 

This  species  is  remarkable  for  its  small  mouth,  full  lips,  colora- 
tion, and  unusual  dentition.  It  does  not  agree  well  with  the  Atlantic 
species  of  Iridio  because  it  has,  apparently,  only  two  incisors  in  the 
front  of  each  jaw,  and  these  project  almost  straight  forward.  The 
upper  jaw  is  as  long  as  the  eye,  two-thirds  as  long  as  the  snout, 


66  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 


FIGURE  7.    IRIDIO  MEYERI  Bean. 

and  scarcely  one-fifth  as  long  as  the  head.  The  upper  lip  is  so 
full  as  to  conceal  the  teeth,  its  width  equalling  more  than  one-half 
the  diameter  of  the  eye.  The  lower  lip  also  is  much  fuller  than  in  the 
Bermudian  Iridios  generally,  its  width  being  more  than  one-half  its 
length.  Head  %  of  total  to  base  of  caudal  rays ;  depth  about  }4 ;  eye  % 
length  of  head,  snout  -/-.  Least  width  of  caudal  peduncle  %  of  its 
least  height.  Anterior  profile  of  head  strongly  convex,  the  mouth  on  a 
level  with  the  lower  axil  of  pectoral.  Opercular  flap  broad,  its  width 
equal  to  its  length,  which  is  %  of  head.  About  four  rows  of  scales  in 
front  of  the  dorsal  fin,  the  scales  not  meeting  on  the  median  line,  the 
nape  covered  only  with  very  rudimentary  scales.  The  lateral  line  be- 
gins in  the  fifth  row  of  scales,  curves  up  to  about  the  third  until  it 
reaches  to  below  the  eighth  ray  of  the  soft  dorsal,  where  it  curves 
sharply  down  to  the  median  line,  its  straight  portion  piercing  six 
scales.  The  tubes  are  almost  all  simple,  but  two  on  one  side  and 
three  on  the  other  have  a  short  branch.  D.  ix,  n  ;  A.  in,  u  ;  scales 

3-27-9- 

The  spinous  dorsal  begins  slightly  in  advance  of  the  pectoral.- 
The  first  spine  is  V±  as  long  as  the  head,  the  fourth,  and  longest, 
nearly  Vs  as  long  as  the  head.  The  longest  dorsal  ray  is  %  as  long 
as  the  head  and  about  %  of  total  length  to  caudal  base.  The  last 
ray  is  nearly  as  long  as  this.  The  anal  base  is  as  long  as  the  head, 
and  three  times  the  length  of  its  longest  ray.  The  anal  spines  are 
graduated,  the  third  being  nearly  as  long  as  the  first  soft  ray.  The 
pectoral  reaches  to  the  eighth  scale  of  the  lateral  line,  and  not  quite  to 
a  vertical  at  the  vent.  The  ventral  is  as  long  as  the  postorbital  part 
of  the  head:  it  extends  about  as  far  back  as  the  pectoral.  The 
caudal  is  a  little  convex  when  fully  expanded,  but  the  lower  rays  are 
slightly  larger  than  the  upper. 

In  spirits  the  body  is  dusky  in  its  upper  half,  pale  below.     A 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  67 

diffused  brown  band  from  snout  continued  behind  eye  to  base  of 
caudal,  its  greatest  width  equal  to  length  of  snout.  An  obscure  nar- 
row band  below  this  broken  up  into  spots  on  alternate  scales.  A 
dark  blotch  on  the  membrane  between  the  5th  and  6th  dorsal  spines 
and  another  between  the  6th  and  ;th,  neither  of  them  as  long  as  the 
eye.  A  minute  dark  spot  at  the  base  of  the  last  dorsal  ray.  A 
small  dark  blotch  on  the  upper  axil  of  the  pectoral. '  A  narrow  dusky 
bar  across  the  interorbital  space  and  two  similar  bands  on  the  nape, 
the  middle  one  extending  from  the  upper  posterior  margin  of  one 
orbit  to  the  other  and  the  third  one  blending  into  the  band  from  eye 
to  caudal  fin.  A  narrow  white  streak,  narrower  than  the  pupil,  from 
angle  of  mouth  to  upper  axil  of  pectoral,  then  running  into  one  of  the 
oblique  streaks  on  the  body.  A  second  whitish  streak  from  mandib- 
ular  articulation  across,  preopercle  and  subopercle.  About  eleven 
narrow,  interrupted,  whitish  streaks  running  obliquely  across  the 
body,  beginning  in  front  of  the  pectoral  origin  and  extending  back- 
ward past  the  anal  origin,  but  not  reaching  above  the  level  of  the  upper 
axil  of  the  pectoral.  Membranes  of  all  the  fins  pale,  but  the  spinous 
and  soft  dorsals  were  probably  dusky  in  life  in  their  lower  portions. 
Length  of  the  type  specimen  to  caudal  base,  4  inches.  Named 
for  Capt.  W.  E.  Meyer,  of  St.  George's,  Bermuda,  in  recognition  of 
his  well-known  services  to  science  in  the  colony. 

177.  Iridio  microstomus  Bean. 

BEAN,    Proc.  Biol.   Soc.  Wash.,   xix,   Feb.   26,  1906,  30. 

5138     No  541.     Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  26,  1905. 

To  the  group  of  species  containing  Iridio  meyeri  belongs  a  small 
individual,  which  measures  i>£  inches  to  base  of  caudal. 

D.  ix,  ii ;  A.  in,  ii ;  scales  3-27-9.  Seven  or  eight  rows  of 
scales  in  front  of  dorsal  origin,  the  scales  on  nape  smaller  than  those 


FIGURE  8.    IRIDIO  MICROSTOMUS  Bean. 


68.  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

on  body.  Anterior  nostril  in  a  short  tube.  Mouth  small  and  lips 
broad,  overlapping  the  teeth.  Maxilla  scarcely  reaching  front  of  eye. 
Two  canines  in  each  jaw,  those  of  the  mandible  projecting  nearly 
straight  forward  and  received  between  the  maxillary  pair.  Eye  % 
length  of  head.  Head  %  of  total  without  caudal.  Height  a  little 
more  than  *4  total  without  caudal.  The  pectoral  reaches  to  the  8th 
scale  of  the  lateral  line,  its  length  equal  to  head  without  snout.  The 
ventral  reaches  nearly  as  far  back  as  the  pectoral,  but  not  nearly  to 
vent. 

A  dark  band  from  snout  to  eye  and  from  eye  to  caudal  base,  a  small 
dark  spot  at  base  of  last  dorsal  ray  and  one  in  upper  axil  of  pectoral ; 
a  narrow  silvery  streak  limiting  the  lateral  band  above  and  meeting 
its  fellow  of  the  opposite  side  in  a  V  shape  on  the  top  of  the  snout. 
No  streaks  on  the  cheeks  and  no  blotches  on  membrane  of  spinous 
dorsal.  The  ground  color  of  the  back  is  pale  lemon-yellow  overlaid 
with  minute  dusty  points.  The  parts  below  the  lateral  band  are  also 
pale  lemon-yellow  but  the  lower  half  of  the  head  and  the  .abdominal 
region  show  silvery.  Fins  all  colored  like  the  body,  except  the  caudal, 
which  is  somewhat  tinged  with  orange  and  has  a  band  of  more  intense 
orange  at  its  base.  Iris  dusky,  overlying  pink  and  silver. 

178.  Iridio  radiatus   (Linnaeus).     BLUE  FISH. 

5124  No.    31.  Near  Hungry  Bay.     Hook.     Aug.  29. 

5125  No.    38.  Near  Hungry  Bay.     Hook.     2  spec.     Aug.  29. 

5126  No.  351.  Nonsuch  Id.     Oct.  4. 

5127  No.  866.  South  shore.     Oct.  25. 

179.  Iridio  cyanocephalus  (Bloch).     BLUE  HEAD. 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  125. 

180.  Iridio  garnoti  (C.  &  V.). 

BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  126. 

181.  Chlorichthys  bifasciatus   (Bloch).     SLIPPERY  DICK. 

4951  No.  494.     Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot.     4  spec.     Sept.  18. 

4952  No.  695.     Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot.     4  spec.     Sept.  25. 

182.  Chlorichthys  nitidus  (Giinther).     SCOTCH  SLIPPERY  DICK. 

4953  No.     55.  Hungry  Bay.     3  young.     Aug.  30. 

4954  No.  153.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.  Seine.     Sept.  5. 

4955  No.  167.  Nonsuch  Id.     Landing.  Sept.  6. 

4956  No.  696.  Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  69 

4957  No.  728.     Cooper's  Id.,    Castle  Harbor.     3  spec.    Oct.  25. 

4958  No.  769.     Cooper's  Id.,  west  side.     5  spec.     Oct.  25. 

4959  No.  778.     Near    Tucker's    Town    Point,    Castle    Harbor. 

Seine.     2  spec.     Oct.  18. 

183.  Novaculicthys  rosipes    (Jordan  &  Gilbert). 

5246     No.  1 66.     Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  4. 


CLXI.     Family  Soar  id  a-. 

184.  Pseudoscarus  guacamaia    (Cuvier).     RAINBOW. 

5286  No.  334.     Flatts.     Fish-pot.     Oct.  4. 

5287  No.  337.     Flatts.     Fish-pot.     Oct.  4. 

5288  No.  738.     Jones   Bay,    Cooper's    Id.       2    young.      Green 

Parrot.     See  419  &  182.     Oct.  28. 

620     No.  872.     South    shore.     Capt.    W.    E.    Meyer.      Head. 
Oct.  12. 

185.  Scarus  cceruleus  (?)  (Bloch).      . 

5311  No.  419.     Red  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  28. 

186.  Scarus  croicensis  (Bloch).     MUD  BELLY. 

5312  No.      9.     Hungry  Bay.     2  spec.     Aug.  24. 

5313  No.    36.     Near  Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  29. 

5314  No.  389.     Long     Bay,     Somerset.       12     young.      Seine. 

Sept.  22. 

5315  No.  421.     Red    Bay,    St.    David's    Id.     4    spec.     Seine. 

Sept.  28. 

5316  No.  648.     Old  Ferry,  St.  George's.     Sept.  23. 

5317  No.  668.     Wellman  Bay,  St.  George's.    3  young'.   Sept.  23. 

5318  No.  732.     Castle  Harbor,  Cooper's  Id.     Young.     Oct.  25. 

5319  No.  737.     Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Underrocks.    Oct.  28. 

5320  No.  761.     The    Reach,    St.    George's.     Seine.     3    young.' 

Oct.  23. 

5321  No.  766.     Jones    Bay,    Cooper's    Id.     2    young.     Under 

rock.     Oct.  28. 

5322  No.  772.     Cooper's  Id.,  west  side.     Oct.  25. 

5323  No.  782.     Great   Bay,   St.    David's   Id.     Seine.     7   spec. 

Sept.  18. 

5324  No.  785.  Green  Bay.  Seine.  4  spec.  Oct.  19. 


70  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

5325  No.  826.     Red  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     Young.     Oct.  27. 

5326  No.  919.     Hungry  Bay.     Seine.     Young.     Nov.  7. 

187.  Scarus  gnathodus  Poey.     MUD  PARROT. 

5327  No.    92.     The  Flatts.     2  spec.     Fish-pot.     Sept.  8. 

188.  Scarus  vetula  (Bl.  &  Schn.).     BLUE  FISH. 

5328  No.    33.     Near  Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  29. 

5329  No.  182.     The  Flatts.     Fish-pot.     "Parrot".     Sept.  8. 

189.  Scarus  acutus  Poey.     MUD  BELLY. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291,  Pseudoscarus 
acutus. 

190.  Scarus  taeniopterus  Desm.     PARROT  FISH. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291,  as  Pseudoscarus 
psittacus. 

191.  Scarus  trispinosus  C.  &  V.     RAINBOW. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291,  as  Pseudoscarus 
quadrispinosus . 

192.  Cryptotomus  crassiceps   Bean. 

BEAN,  Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash.,  xix,  Feb.  26,  1906,  32. 

4964     No.     417.     Cooper's  Id.     2  spec.     Sept. 26,  1905. 

D.  ix,  10  to  ii ;  A.  ii-m,  9;  scales  1^-25-6.  No  posterior 
canine  tooth.  About  12  teeth  in  front  of  upper  jaw  developed  as 
canines,  the  two  outer  of  which  are  hooked  and  recurved;  side  teeth 
coalesced  into  a  cutting  edge.  The  lower  jaw  has  about  21  teeth, 
free  at  their  tips  and  somewhat  canine-like,  behind  them  a  narrow 
cutting  edge  formed  by  coalesced  teeth.  This  is  the  case  in  the 


FIGURE  9.    CRYPTOTOMUS  CRASSICEPS  Bean. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  71 

smaller  specimen,  3^  inches  long  to  end  of  scales;  in  the  larger 
type,  4$4  inches  long  to  end  of  scales,  the  number  of  anterior  canines 
is  smaller,  and  two  of  them  project  straight  forward. 

In  both  specimens  the  scales  on  the  breast  and  belly  are  notably 
enlarged.  The  last  scale  bearing  a  lateral  line  tube  is  somewhat 
enlarged  and  produced  backward  into  a  point. 

Head  thick,  its  greatest  width  X  its  length,  and  more  than  % 
of  total  length  to  end  of  scales.  Snout  pointed,  subconical,  the 
anterior  profile  descending  sharply  from  the  interorbital  space; 
length  of  snout  Vi  of  total  to  end  of  scales  and  twice  diameter  of  eye. 
Mouth  rather  small,  horizontal,  its  angle  not  reaching  to  vertical  at 
front  of  eye;  intermaxilla  little  protractile,  upper  lip  double  and 
closely  concealing  the  jaw.  Head  with  many  small  pores,  of  which 
there  are  7  on  each  fork  of  the  mandible.  A  row  of  five  scales  on 
the  postorbital  and  suborbital  bones ;  three  scales  on  median  line  in 
front  of  the  ventral;  four  scales  across  median  line  in  front  of  dorsal, 
the  one  at  the  dorsal  origin  much  the  smallest. 

Greatest  depth  of  body  3^  in  total  to  end  of  scales;  least  height 
of  caudal  peduncle  X  °f  greatest  depth.  Snout  y$  length  of  head. 
The  dorsal  begins  over  the  upper  axil  of  pectoral;  the  first  spine 
is  about  %  length  of  head;  the  second  spine  is  l/£  as  long  as  the 
head;  the  last  spine  is  a  little  longer  than  the  second;  all  the 
spines  are  weak  and  flexible.  The  longest  soft  ray  is  2/r  length  of 
head.  Pectoral  broad  and  somewhat  falcate,  its  longest  ray  nearly 
2^2  times  as  long  as  the  shortest,  and  more  than  %  head,  the  fin 
reaching  to  the  8th  scale  of  the  lateral  line  and  not  much  farther 
than  the  ventral.  Ventral  rather  short,  about  equal  to  snout,  and 
not  reaching  nearly  to  vent,  a  pointed  sheath  of  scales  extending 
on  its  base.  Caudal  almost  truncate,  short,  about  Y$  length  of 
head. 

Color  in  spirits,  grayish  brown  above,  pale  below,  all  the  fins 
pale,  except  caudal,  which  has  traces  of  about  six  narrow  dusky  cross- 
bars in  the  smaller  type,  a  black  blotch  on  the  pectoral  at  the  upper 
axil  and  above  a  faint  blue  line;  isthmus  dusky;  two  narrow  blue 
lines  from  eye  to  angle  of  mouth ;  iris  pale  yellow,  except  at  top,  where 
it  is  blackish  crossed  obliquely  by  a  blue  line ;  on  the  sides  the  dusky 
color  is  more  or  less  interrupted,  forming  broken  lines  on  three  or  four 
rows  of  scales  below  the  lateral  line. 

193.  Sparisoma  abildgaardi   (Bloch). 

5378  No.    43!     Near  Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  29. 

5379  No.    71.     St.  David's  Id.     Fish-pot.     Sept.  6. 


72  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

194.  Sparisoma  aurofrenatum  (C.  &  V.). 

5380  No.     42.     Near  Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  29. 

195.  Sparisoma  flavescens   (Bl.  &  Schn.). 

5381  No.     70.     St.  David's  Id.     2  spec.     Fish-pot.     Sept.  6. 

5383  No.  424.  Red  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     Sept.  28. 

5384  No.  471.  Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.   2  spec.  Seine.  Sept.  25. 

5385  No.  750.  Smith's  Id.,  St.  George's.  Seine.  2  spec.  Oct.  17. 

5386  No.  786.  Green  Bay.     Seine.     Oct.  19. 

5387  No.  791.  Cooper's  Id.   2  spec.  "Spanish  Porgy."  Oct.  24. 

5388  No.  792.  Long     Bird     Id.     Seine.     3     spec.     "Spanish 

Porgy."     Oct.  24. 

5389  No.  797.     Green  Bay.   Seine.    "Spanish  Porgy."     Oct.  19. 

5390  No.  801.     Smith's  Id.,  St.  George's.     Oct.  17. 

196.  Sparisoma  hoplomystax  (Cope).     SPANISH  PORGY. 

4962  No.  124.  Well  Bay  and  Nonsuch  Id.     8  young.    Sept.  3. 

4963  No.  125.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Eel-pot.     Sept.  6. 

5382  No.  164.  Nonsuch  Bay.     3  young.     Seine.     Sept.  4. 
5377  No.  649.  Old  Ferry,  St.  George's.     Seine.     Sept.  23. 
5360  No.  656.  Well  Bay.     Seine.     3  spec.     Sept.  26. 

5362  No.  678.     Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  26. 

5363  No.  687.     Long    Bay,     Cooper's    Id.     Seine.     2    young. 

Sept.  25. 

5364  No.  697.  Nonsuch  Id.     Young.     Sept.  25. 

5365  No.  707.  Packward's  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  23. 

5391  No.  784.  Great  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  18. 

5392  No.  788.  Green  Bay.     Seine.     2  spec.     Oct.  19. 

5393  No.  794.  Long  Bird  Id.     Seine.     2  spec.     Oct.  24. 

5394  No.  818.  Long  Bird  Id.,  south  shore.     3   spec.     Oct.   24. 

5395  No.  825.  Red  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     2  young.     Oct.   27. 

5396  No.  831.  Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     3  spec.     Sept.  20. 

5397  No.  846.  Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     Sept.  20. 

197.  Sparisoma  radians  (C.  &  V.). 

5358     No.  551.     Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  29. 
5376     No.  588.     Port  Royal  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  21. 

5398  No.  862.     Hayward's    Bay,     St.     David's    Id.  •  2     spec. 

Sept.  19. 

198.  Sparisoma  viride  (Bonnaterre).     GREEN  PARROT. 

5399  No.  41.     Near  Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  29. 

5400  No.  69.     St.  David's  Id.     Fish-pot.     (Blue.)     Sept.  6. 


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FIGURE  10.    SPARISOMA  XYSTRODON  Jordan  &  Swain. 

199.  Sparisoma  xystrodon  Jordan  &  Swain.     MUD  PARROT. 

5352  No.  383.  Long  Bay,  Somerset.     7  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  22. 

5353  No.  384.  Long  Bay.   10  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  22. 

5354  No.  385.  Long  Bay.     7  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  22. 

5355  No.  386.  Long  Bay.     2  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  22. 

5356  No.  407.  Well  Bay.     Eel-pot.     Oct.  5. 

5357  No.  535.  Nonsuch  Bay,     north     side.     (Yellow    belly.) 

Sept.  26. 
5357     No.  536.     Nonsuch  Bay,     north  side.     (Black  belly  and 

tail.)     Sept.  26. 

5359     No.  559.     Ruth's  Bay.  Seine.  2  spec.  (Blackchin.)  Oct.  4. 
5361     No.  657.     Well  Bay.     Seine.     5  spec.     Sept.  26. 

5366  No.  743.     Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Under  rocks.     "Mud 

belly."     Oct.  28. 

5367  No.  787.  Green  Bay.     Seine.     Oct.  19. 

5368  No.  793.  Long  Bird  Id.     Seine.     5  spec.     Oct.  24. 

5369  No.  824.  Red  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     Oct.  27. 

5370  No.  348.  Great  Shoal,  Castle  Harbor.     Pot.     Sept.  29. 

5371  No.  425.  Red  Bay.     Young.     Sept.  28. 

5372  No.  472.  Jones  Bay.     2  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

5373  No.  473.  Jones  Bay.     8  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

5374  No.  510.  Wescott  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

5375  No.  560.  Ruth's  Bay.     Seine.     Young.     Oct.  4. 


CLXV.     Family  Chretodontidre. 

200.  Cheetodon  atasniatus  (Poey).     BUTTERFLY  FISH. 

4940     No.    91.     Harrington  Sd.     Fish-pot.     2  spec.     Sept.  8. 


74  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

4941  No.  336.     Flatts,  mouth  of  harbor.     Oct.  7. 

4942  No.  349.     Trunk  Id.,  Harrington  Sd.     Pot.     Sept.  30. 
Trunk  Id.,  Bermuda.     Coll.  of  Hist.  Soc. 

D.  xii,  21 ;  A.  in,  17;  Scales  in  L.  lat.  ca.  30.  Length  6  inches 
to  end  of  middle  caudal  rays,  head  i^,  ventral  reaches  to  vent, 
pectoral  i%  in.  reaching  nearly  as  far  back  as  the  ventrals  do.  A 
black  ocular  band  narrower  than  the  eye,  extending  to  edge  of  sub- 
opercle,  meeting  in  V-shape  near  the  spinous  dorsal  origin.  Inter- 
orbital  space,  top  of  snout,  and  the  fins  with  much  lemon-yellow ;  a 
dark  ocellus  larger  than  the  eye  on  base  of  middle  of  spinous  dorsal. 
A  chain-like  narrow  dark  penciling  near  lower  margin  of  anal,  and 
faint  traces  of  pencilings  on  outer  half  of  caudal  rays ;  a  minute  dark 
point  at  tip  of  soft  dorsal. 

201.  Chaetodon   bricei  H.  M.  Smith. 

4943  No.    63.     Hungry  Bay.     2  young.     Dip-net.     Aug.  30. 

202.  Chaetodon  capistratus  Linnaeus.     FOUR-EYED  FISH. 

4944  No.     13.  Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  24. 

4945  No.    53.  Off  Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  29. 

4946  No.  366.  Long  Bay,  Somerset.     Seine.     Sept.  22. 

4947  No.  465.  Flatts.     Oct.  20. 

4948  No.  513.  Trunk  Id.,  Harrington  Sd.     Pot.     Sept.  27. 

4949  No.  918.  Hungry  Bay.     Seine.     3  young.     Nov.  7. 

203.  Chaetodon  striatus  Linnaeus. 

4950  No.     52.     Off  Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  29. 

204.  Angelichthys  ciliaris  (Linnaeus).     ANGEL  FISH. 

4839  No.    44.  Ten  miles  off  Ireland  Id.     Fish-pot.     Aug.  31. 

4840  No.    90.  The  Flatts.     Fish-pot.     Sept.  8. 

4841  No.  335.  The  Flatts.     Fish-pot.     Oct.  7. 

4842  No.  485.  Nonsuch  Id.     Young.     Sept.  18. 

No.  4842.  Length  4^6  inches  to  base  of  middle  caudal  rays.  No 
trace  of  blue  bands  anywhere.  Blue  ocellus  on  nape  in  front  of 
dorsal  larger  than  the  eye.  Spines  on  edge  of  preopercle  strong, 
seven  above  the  angle,  the  longest  ^  as  long  as  the  eye. 

205.  Angelichthys  formosus  (Castelnau).      ANGEL  FISH. 

4843  No.  482.     Nonsuch  Id.     Sept.  18. 

4844  No.  483.     Red  Bay,  St.  David's.     Sept.  25. 

4845  No.  484.     St.  George's.     In  pot,  blackshell  bait.     Oct.  28. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  75 

No.  4845:  Length  3^  inches  to  base  of  middle  caudal  rays. 
D.  xiv,  20;  A.  in,  19;  scales  9-48-23.  Spines  on  posterior  edge  of 
preopercle  only  four,  the  longest  less  than  Va  length  of  eye. 

A  narrow  blue  band  from  throat  passing  in  front  of  eye  and 
meeting  its  fellow  of  the  opposite  (side)  in  a  V  shape  on  the  nape.  A 
narrow  blue  band  from  angle  of  preopercle  to  origin  of  dorsal,  where 
it  meets  its  fellow  of  the  opposite  side.  Opercle  with  a  blue  edge. 
A  narrow  blue  band  beginning  at  the  base  of  the  6th  dorsal  spine 
curving  slightly  forward  and  passing  under  about  the  middle  of  the 
pectoral.  A  similar  band  begins  under  the  origin  of  the  last  dorsal 
spine  and  extends  downward  towards  the  root  of  the  third  anal 
spine.  A  third  band  running  from  the  root  of  the  8th  soft  dorsal 
ray  towards  the  middle  of  the  soft  portion  of  the  anal  fin.  A  narrow 
blue  margin  at  top  of  spinous  and  soft  dorsal  extending  backward 
almost  to  the  tip  of  the  soft  dorsal.  A  similar  blue  maring  on  the 
anal.  A  bluish  submarginal  band  on  posterior  part  of  soft  dorsal 
and  anal.  Pectorals,  ventrals,  caudal,  and  tips  of  dorsal  and  anal 
whitish ;  a  tinge  of  lemon-yellow  on  caudal. 

This  may  be  the  young  of  A.  ciliaris,  but  the  truth  cannot  be 
determined  without  a  larger  series  of  specimens. 

206.  Holacanthus  tricolor  (Bloch).     BLACK  ANGEL  FISH. 
GOODE,  Am.  Jour  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291. 


CLXVII.     Family  Tenth  id  Idas 

207.  Teuthis  bahianus  (Castelnau).     DOCTOR  FISH. 

5440  No.    10.     Hungry  Bay.     Aug.  24. 

5441  No.    28.     Ten  miles  off   Ireland   Id.     5  spec.     Fish-pots. 

Aug.  25. 

5442  No.    39.     Near  Hungry  Bay.  Aug.  29. 

5443  No.  105.     Nonsuch  Id.     2  young.     Sept.  3. 

5444  No.  740.     Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     4  young.     Oct.  28. 

5445  No.  773.     Cooper's  Id.,     west  side.     2  young.     Oct.  25. 

5446  No.  823.     Red  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.     Oct.  27. 

208.  Teuthis  coeruleus  (Bl.  &  Schn.).     BLUE  DOCTOR  FISH. 

5447  No.    29.     Near  Hungry  Bay.     2  spec.     Hook.     Aug.  29. 

5448  No.  103.     Nonsuch  Id.     Young.     Sept.  3. 

5449  No.  162.     Nonsuch  Bay.     Young.     Seine.     Sept.  4. 


76  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

5450  No.  346.  Great  Shoal,  Castle  Harbor.  Pot.    Sept.  25. 

5451  No.  367.  Long  Bay,  Somerset.  Young.  Seine.  Sept.  22. 

5452  No.   476.  Jones  Bay.     4  young.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

5453  No.    503'.  Wescott  Bay.     3  young.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

5454  No.'  66 1.  Wescott  Bay.     Young.     Sept.  24. 

5455  No.    730.  Castle  Harbor,  Cooper's  Id.     2  spec.     Oct.  25. 

209.  Teuthis  helioides  Barbour.     YELLOW  DOCTOR. 
5026     No.  1097.     Mowbray  coll. 

210.  Teuthis  hepatus  Linnaeus.     DOCTOR  FISH. 

5456  No.  104.  Nonsuch  Id.     Young.     Sept.  3. 

5457  No.  180.  The  Flatts.     Fish-pot     2  spec.     Sept.  8. 

5458  No.  301.  The  Flatts.     Fish-pot.     3  spec.     Sept.  8. 

5459  No.  475.  Jones  Bay.     Seine.     Young.     Sept.  25. 

5460  No.  504.  Wescott  Bay.     4  young.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

5461  No.  660.  Wescott  Bay.     3  young.     Sept.  24. 

5462  No.  699.  Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot.     Sept.  25. 


.      CLXIX.     Family  Balistidre. 

211.  Batistes  carolinensis  Gmelin.     TURBOT. 
4880     No.     89.     The  Flatts.     Sept.  7. 

No.  327.     Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     Sept  20. 

No.   404.     Flatts.     2  young.     In  Sargassum.     Oct.  10. 

4883  No.   804.     The  Reach,  St.  George's.      Seine.     Oct.  23. 

212.  Balistes  vetula  Linnaeus.     KING  TURBOT;  QUEEN  TURBOT. 

4884  No.  352.     Off  North  Shore  from  Flatts.     Oct.  2. 

4885  No.  870.     North  Shore,  via  St.  George's.     Oct.  25. 

213.  Canthidermis  maculatus  (Bloch).     OCEAN  TURBOT. 
GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  29°- 


CLXX.     Family  Monacanthidw. 

214.  Alutera  schoepffi  (Walb.). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct. ,1877,  290,  as  Ceratacanthus 
aurantiacus . 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  77 

215.  Alutera  scripta  (Osbeck) . 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  290,  as  Alutarius 

scriptus. 
BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  128. 

216.  Monacanthus  ciliatus    (Mitchill). 

5182     No.  664.     Wellman  Bay,  St.  George's.     Seine.     Sept.  23. 

D.  25;   A.  31;  no  hooks  or  filaments. 

This  has  all  the  characters  of  ciliatus  except  the  normal  number 
of  dorsal  rays,  and  it  appears  to  be  a  deformed  individual.  It  will  be 
observed  that  one  example  of  No.  5201  has  D.  28;  A.  27. 

5185     No.   142.     Hayward's  Bay.     2  young.     Seine.     Sept.  6. 

5187     No.  666.     Wellman   Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  23. 

D.    34;    A.     33;    filaments  and  hooks. 

5189  No.  375.     Long  Bay,  Somerset.     2  spec.    Seine.    Sept.  22. 

D-  30-3 z;  A-  3°- 

5190  No.  456.     Cove  near  Hunt's  Bay,  Port  Royal  Id.     Seine. 

Sept.  21. 
Deep  dulap.     D.  30;  A.  29;   strong  hooks. 

5191  No.  563.     Long  Bird  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  30. 
D.  29;  A.  29. 

5192  No.  574.     Hunt's    Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  -2. 
D.    32;     A.    31;     deep  dulap. 

5193  No.  596.     Port  Royal  Bay.     Seine.     16  spec.     Sept.   21. 
Deep  dulap  in  some.     D.  29-31 ;  A.  28-30. 

5194  No.  663.     Old  Ferry  bays,  St.  George's.    i5spec.    Sept.  23. 
Hooks  and  filaments.     0.32;  A.  31. 

5195  No.  665.     Wellman  &  Soldier  Bays.     12  spec.    Sept.  23. 
D.  31;  A.  30. 

5196  No.  712.  •  Packward's  Bay.     Seine.     6  spec.     Sept.  23; 
D.  30;    A.    29;   hooks. 

5197  No.  719.     Packward's  Bay.     Seine.     5  spec.     Sept.  23. 

5198  No.  731.     Castle  Harbor,  Cooper's  Id.     Oct.  25. 
D.  30;   A.  29;,  no  hooks. 

5199  No.  747.     Smith's     Id.,     St.     George's.     Seine.     7    spec. 

Oct.  17. 
D.  31 ;  A.  29 ;  dorsal  barbs  very  weak. 

5200  No.  754.     The    Reach,    St.    George's.     Seine.     12    spec. 

Oct.  23. 
D.  32  ;  A.  31 ;  deep  dulap;  strong  hooks. 

5201  No.  755.     The   Reach.     41  spec.     Oct.  23. 

D.  32;  A.  31 ;  no  hooks.     One  of  these  specimens  has  D.  28;  A.  27. 


78  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

5202  No.  795.     Long    Bird    Id.     Seine.     Oct.  24. 
D.    31;     A.    31;    no  hooks. 

5203  No.  819.     Long  Bird  Id.,     south  shore.    19  spec.    Oct.  24. 
D. 30-31;  A   29-30. 

5204  No.  851.     Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     4  young.     Sept.  20. 

217.  Monacanthus  hispidus   (Linnaeus). 
5188.     No.  356.     Flatts.     Oct.  2. 

The  length  of  this  example  is  6%  inches  to  caudal  base.  D.  32; 
A.  31. 

218.  Monacanthus  tuckeri  Bean. 

BEAN,  Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash.,  xix,  Feb.  26,  1906,  33. 

5183  No.  100.     The  Flatts.     Young.     Sept.  8. 
D.  35;   A'.  34. 

5184  No.  121.     Well  Bay.     Sept.  8. 
D.  35;  A.  36. 

5186     No.  376.     Long  Bay,  Somerset.     Sept.  22. 

D-35;  A.  35. 

In  shape  resembling  young  Alutera.  D.  35;  A.  34  to  36.  Head 
3  in  total  without  caudal ;  depth  at  anal  origin  equal  to  head ;  least 
depth  of  caudal  peduncle  2^  in  snout;  eye  2*4  in  snout,  3  in  head. 
First  dorsal  spine  nearly  ^  total  without  caudal,  with  two  rows  of 
strong  barbs;  second  dorsal  spine  as  long  as  the  eye. 

Color  in  spirits,  dark  brown;  an  irregular  white  pseudo-band  on 
under  surface  of  head,  extending  on  body  to  over  middle  of  anal  base ; 
in  the  largest  example  this  marking  resembles  hieroglyphics;  four 
narrow,  dark  bands  on  first  dorsal  spine  and  four  on  caudal  fin. 

Dedicated  to  the  venerable  George  Tucker,  M.  A.,  archdeacon  of 
Bermuda,  for  his  devotion  to  biological  science  in  the  colony. 


FIGURE  11.    MONACANTHUS  TUCKERI  Bean. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  79 

CLXXI.     Family  Ostraciidxe. 

219.  Lactophrys  tricornis  (Linnaeus).     Cow  FISH. 

5152  No.  328.  Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     Sept.  20. 

5153  No.  354.  Jones  Bay,     Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

5154  No.  426.  Near  Red  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  28. 

5155  No.  468.  Jones  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  25. 

5156  No.  829.  Castle  Harbor,  St.  David's  Id.  Mr.   F.  B.  Spur- 

ling.     Nov.  3. 

220.  Lactophrys  trigonus    (Linnaeus).     CUCKOLD. 

5157  No.     20.     Ten  miles  off  Ireland  Id.  Fish-pot.    Aug.  25. 

5158  No.  329.     Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     Sept.  20. 

5159  No.  342.     Wescott  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.      Seine.      Sept. 

25- 

5160  No.  427.     Near  Red  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  28. 

5161  No.  491.     Nonsuch  Id.     "Buffalo  Cow."     Sept.  18. 

5162  No.  506.     Wescott  Bay.     2  spec.    Seine.   "Buffalo  Cow." 

Sept.  25. 

5163  No.  667.     Wellman  Bay.     Seine.     "Buffalo  Cow."     Sept. 

23- 

221.  Lactophrys  triqueter  (L.). 

EVERMATSTN  &  MARSH,  Bull.    U.  S.  F.  C.,   1900,    262. 


CLXXII.     Family  Tetraodoiitidre. 

222.  Spheroides  spengleri  (Bloch).     PUFF  FISH. 

•5401     No.    94.     The  Flatts.     5  young.     Seine.     Sept.  8. 

5402  No.    116.     Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  6. 

5403  No.  119.     Nonsuch  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  3. 

5404  No.    141.     Hayward's    Bay,    St.    David's    Id.     3  yoang. 

Seine.     Sept.  6. 

5405  No.  175.  Hayward's  Bay.     4  spec.     Seine.     Sept.  6. 

5406  No.  179.  The  Flatts.     Eel-pot.     Sept.  8. 

5407  No.  303.  The  Flatts.     Seine.     Sept.  8. 

5408  No.  319.  Smith's  Cove,  Hamilton.     Seine.     Sept.  9. 

5409  No.  374.  Long  Bay,  Somerset.    2  spec.   Seine.     Sept.  22. 

5410  No.  645.  Old  Ferry,  St.  George's.     2  spec.     Sept. 23. 

5411  No.  659.  Well  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  26. 


8o  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

5412  No.  783.     Great   Bay,   St.   David's   Id.     Seine.     2   spec. 

Sept.  18. 

5413  No.   849.     Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     Sept.  20. 


CLXXIII.     Family  Cantliigasterithe. 

223.  Canthigaster  rostratus  (Bloch). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  290. 


CLXXIV.     Family  Diodontidse. 

224.  Chilomycterus  reticulatus  (L.)     SEA  PORCUPINE. 
GOODE,  Am.  Jour.-  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  290. 

225.  Diodon  hystrix  Linnaeus.     PORCUPINE  FISH. 
4975     No.  360.     Flatts.     Sept. 

226.  Diodon  novem-maculatus  Cuv. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  290. 


CLXXV.     Family  MolicUe. 

227.  Mola  mola  (L.).     SUN  FISH. 

GOODE,    Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  29°>  as  Orthago- 
riscus  mola. 

228.  Ranzania  truncata    (Retzius). 

JORDAN  &  EVERMANN,  Bull.     47,  U.  S.     Nat.   Mus.,  1898,  1755. 
Once  taken  at  the  Bermudas. 


CLXXVI.     Family  Scorpsenidw. 

229.  Scorpaena  agassizii  Goode  &  Bean.     PRICKLY  HIND 

5330  No.  325.     South  of  Castle  Id.     Hook.     Oct.  4. 

230.  Scorpasna  plumieri  Bloch.     PRICKLY  HIND. 

5331  No.  492.     Off  Gurnet  Rock.     Sept.  18. 

5332  No.  865.     Castle  Harbor,  Cooper's  Id.     Oct.  25. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  81 

231.  Pontinus  sp. 

A  fish  of  this  genus,  not  yet  determined,  was  taken  in  90  fath- 
oms off  the  South  Shore  by  Louis  Mowbray  on  Jan.  4,  1906. 


CLXXXVI.     Family  Cephalacanthidae. 

232.  Cephalacanthus  volitans  (Linnaeus). 
4939     No.  490.     St.  George's.     Sept.  18. 


CLXXXVII.     Family  Callionymidae. 

233.  Calionymus  bermudarum  Barbour. 

BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  129. 


CLXXXVIII.     Family  Gobiidse. 

234.  Rhinogobius  glaucofrsenum  (Gill). 

5031  No.  764.     Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Under  rocks.    Oct.  25. 

5032  No.  765.     Jones  Bay.    Under  rock.     3  spec.     Oct.  28. 

5033  No.  840.     Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     Sept.  20. 
D.  vi,  10 ;     A.  i,  10;   scales  28. 

This  goby,  which  was  originally  credited  to  the  Pacific  Ocean, 
appears  to  be  a  common  element  of  the  West  Indian  fauna,  having 
been  found  among  the  Florida  Keys,  in  the  Bahamas,  and,  recently, 
in  Bermuda.  Dr.  Eigenmann  examined  4  specimens  from  the 
Tortugas,  Mr.  Barton  A.  Bean  reported  25  individuals  obtained  in  a 
dredge  in  five  fathoms  of  water  off  .Governor's  Harbor,  Eleuthera 
Id.,  and  the  Field  Museum  Expedition  to  Bermuda  in  1905  secured 
five  examples  at  Cooper's  Id.  and  Ely's  Harbor  in  the  shallows  under 
rocks.  These  specimens  range  from  2%  to  2%  inches.  The  blue 
line  across  the  cheek,  so  characteristic  during  life,  has  entirely  disap- 
peared in  spirits.  After  the  return  of  the  expedition,  Mr.  Mowbray 
reported  the  fish  common  on  the  shoals  near  Cooper's  Id. 

235.  Rhinogobius  mowbrayi  sp.  nov. 

5030     No.  908.  Challenger  Bank.  28  fms.  Rock  cavity.  Oct.  12. 

Very  small;  mostly  red,  with  14  yellowish  cross-bands. 

This  fish  is  related  to  Mapo  soporator,  but  is  distinguished  by 


8a  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 


FIGURE  12.    RHINOGOBIUS  MOWBRAYI.  Bean. 

(About  5  times  nat.) 


its  scaleless  nape,  which  has  a  low  keel  on  each  side,  scaleless  breast, 
large  incisors  in  the  sides  of  lower  jaw,  and  other  characters.  The 
keel  on  the  nape  is  not  a  constant  character,  later  examples  not 
showing  it. 

On  October  12,  1905,  the  Field  Museum  Expedition  to  Bermuda 
obtained  a  very  small  red  goby  from  a  fragment  of  coral  rock  brought 
up  by  the  trawl  on  Challenger  Bank  in  30  fathoms.  Owing  to  the 
small  size  and  poor  condition  of  this  specimen,  it  is  not  used  as  the 
type  of  the  species.  Since  that  time  Mr.  Louis  L.  Mowbray  has  taken 
a  larger,  perfect  example  in  Hungry  Bay,  and  this  is  made  the  type 
which  I  dedicate  to  Mr.  Mowbray  in  recognition  of  his  intelligent  and 
effective  work  in  collecting  Bermudian  fishes. 

This  minute  goby  is  red  in  life  with  thirteen  or  fourteen  yellowish 
cross-bands,  three  of  which  are  in  advance  of  the  spinous  dorsal.  In 
spirits  the  bands  are  brownish,  and  there  is  a  rather  broad  orange 
band  at  base  of  caudal.  An  interrupted  dusky  band  from  eye  across 
maxilla  and  mandible;  two  dusky  bars  downward  from  eye,  and  a 
bifurcate  dusky  bar  across  opercle;  a  large  dark  blotch  at  pectoral 
base  and  a  smaller  one  on  the  subopercle  and  branchiostegal  rays. 
Eye  rather  large,  placed  high,  about  equal  to  snout,  and  somewhat 
more  than  *4  head.  Mouth  oblique,  with  projecting  lower  jaw. 
Maxilla  scarcely  extends  behind  front  of  eye ;  lips  moderately  devel- 
oped. One  large  canine  on  each  side  of  lower  jaw  and  a  smaller  one 
behind  it.  Weaker  canines  in  the  upper  jaw.  Anterior  nostril  in  a 
short,  dark  tube;  posterior  nostril  close  to  eye  and  in  a  very  short 
tube. 

Total  length  of  type  7/s  inch ;  head  3i« ;  depth  scarcely  more  than 
Vi  of  total  with  caudal.  D.  vi,  10;  A.  9;  scales  about  7-26,  strongly 


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ctenoid.  The  pectoral  is  pointed,  elongate,  reaching  past  anal  origin. 
The  ventral  reaches  as  far  back  as  the  pectoral.  None  of  the  dorsal 
or  anal  rays  produced.  Caudal  rather  short,  rounded.  Nape  appar- 
ently scaleless,  with  a  low  keel  on  each  side.  A  small  genital  papilla. 

236.  Mapo  soporator  (C.  &  V.).     MOLLY  MILLER. 

5034  No.     14.  Hungry  Bay.     5  spec.     Aug.  24. 

5035  No.     17.  Hungry  Bay.     Under  rocks.     4  spec.     Aug.  23. 

5036  No.  139.  Hayward's  Bay,  St.  David's  Id.    3  spec.    Sept. 6. 

5037  No.  501.  Doe's  Rock.     Tide-pool.     2  spec.     Oct.  26. 

5038  No.  540.  Nonsuch  Bay,  north  side.     3  spec.     Sept.  26. 

5039  No.  777.  Castle  Harbor.     Seine.     3  spec.     Oct.  18. 

237.  Gobius  stigmaturus  Goode  &  Bean. 

BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  130.      One  specimen'. 
Hungry  Bay.      April,  1903. 


CLXXXIX.     Family  Eclieneidiche. 

238.  Echeneis  naucrates  L.     SUCK  FISH. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  292>  as  Leptecheneis 
naucrates. 

239.  Remora  remora  (Linnaeus).     SHARK  PILOT. 

5294     No.  452.     Argus  Bank.     30  fms.     From  shark.     Oct.  13, 


CXC.     Family  Malacanthittae. 

240.  Malacanthus  plumieri  (Bloch).     WHITEY. 

5177  No.  344.     Great  Shoal,  Castle  Harbor.   Fish-pot.    Sept.  25. 

5178  No.  347.     Great  Shoal,  Castle  Harbor.    Fish-pot.   Sept.  29. 
D.  vi,  55;  A.  53. 

5179  No.  435.     Two  and  a  half  miles  south   of  Gurnet  Rock. 

60  fms.     Hook.     Oct.  5. 

5180  No.  542.     Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot.     Oct.  4. 


CC.     Family  Blenniidw. 

241.   Labrisomus  lentiginosus  Bean. 

BEAN,  Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash.,  xix,  Feb.  26,  1906,  30. 


84  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 


FIGURE  13.    LABRISOMUS  LENTIGINOSUS  Bean. 

5142     No.  500.     Doe's  Rock.     Oct.  26. 

Associated  with  many  individuals  of  L.  nuchipinnis  in  tide-pools 
at  Doe's  Rock,  Paget  Parish,  was  found  a  single  example  of  a  blenny 
resembling  that  common  species,  but  differing  notably  in  color  and  in 
the  length  of  the  ventral. 

The  depth  of  the  body  is  M  of  the  length  to  base  of  caudal ;  the 
head  is  nearly  Vs  of  the  same  length.  The  pectoral  reaches  to  the 
vertical  through  the  anal  origin ;  the  ventral  is  ¥2  as  long  as  the  head 
and  reaches  scarcely  more  than  half  way  to  the  vent  (in  L.  nuchipin- 
nis the  ventral  almost  reaches  to  the  vent).  The  eye  equals  the  snout 
in  length  and  is  %  length  of  head.  First  dorsal  spine  ^4  length  of 
head ;  tenth  dorsal  spine  %  length  of  head ;  eighteenth  spine  not  much 
longer  than  seventeenth,  nearly  }/$  as  long  as  the  head.  Anterior  nos- 
tril with  a  tufted  barbel;  posterior  nostril  with  a  very  short  tube; 
hair-like  filaments  above  the  orbit  and  on  the  nape  as  in  L.  nuchi- 
pinnis, but  less  developed. 

Color  in  spirits:  Pale  yellow;  the  sides  with  four  or  five  very 
faint  irregular  cross-bands  of  dull  gray;  head,  especially  cheeks  and 
nape,  profusely  sprinkled  with  minute  dark  points;  pectoral  with 
«.  about  six  or  seven  narrow,  interrupted  bands  formed  by  dots  on  the 
rays;  caudal  with  about  six  similar  bands;  no  dark  spot  on  front  of 
spinouts  dorsal  and  none  on  opercle;  soft  dorsal  and  anal  pale,  mottled 
with  darker,  but  without  evident  bands. 

Length  of  the  type,  4  >£  inches  (112  millimeters)  to  base  of  middle 
caudal  rays. 

242.  Labrisomus  nuchipinnis  (Quoy  &  Gaimard).     MOLLY  MILLER. 

5139  No.    84.     Nonsuch  Id.     Hook.     Sept.  3. 

5140  No.  102.     Nonsuch  Id.     Hook.     Sept.  3. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  85 

5141  No.  493.  Nonsuch  Id.     2  spec.     Sept.  18. 

5143  No.  519.  Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  4. 

5144  No.  533.  Nonsuch  Bay,  north  side.     Seine.     Sept.  26. 

5145  No.  543.  Nonsuch  Id.     Eel-pot.     Oct.  4. 

5146  No.  568.  Hunt's  Bay,  Port  Royal.     Seine.     Sept.  21. 

5147  No.  694.  Nonsuch  Id.     Sept.  25. 

5148  No.  739.  Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.   Under  rocks.     Oct.  28. 

5149  No.  768.  Cooper's  Id.,  west  side.     7  spec.     Oct.  25. 

5150  No.  779.  Castle  Harbor.     Seine.      5  spec.     Oct.   18. 
No.  5147:  D.  xvm,  12  ;  A.  n,  18;  scales  8-68-15.     Pectoral  reaches 

to  vertical  through  anal  origin.  Ventral  more  than  Vs  head,  reach- 
ing nearly  to  vent.  First  dorsal  spine  */i  head.  Tenth  dorsal  spine 
scarcely  more  than  %  head.  Eighteenth  dorsal  spine  not  much  longer 
than  seventeenth,  Vs  head.  Eye  %  head,  shorter  than  snout. 

Length  of  specimen  to  base  of  middle  caudal  rays,  4^  inches. 

243.  Blennius  cristatus  Linnaeus.     MOLLY  MILLER. 

4894  No.  498.     Doe's  Rock,   south  shore.     Tide-pools.     Many. 

Oct.  26. 

4895  No.  600.     Flatts.     2  spec.     Oct.  2. 

4896  No.  631.     Near  Flatts.     Tide-pool.     Oct.  18. 

4897  No.  878.     James  Bay,  Paget  East.     21  spec.     Nov.  5. 

244.  Salariichthys  textilis    (Quoy    &    Gaimard).     MOLLY  MILLER. 

5296  No.     78.     Nonsuch  Id.     2  spec.     Aug. 

5297  No.  499.     Doe's  Rock,  south  shore.  Tide-pools.     4  spec. 

Oct.  26. 

5298  No.  871.     Nonsuch  Id.     Young.     Oct.  26. 

5299  No.  880.     James  Bay.     E.  Lee.     35  spec.     Nov.  5. 


CCX.     Family  Fierasferiche. 

245.   Fierasfer  bermudensis  (Jones). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,   1877,  291,  as  Lefroyia 
bermudensis. 


CCXI.     Family  Brotulidw. 

246.  Ogilbia  cayorum  Evermann  &  Kendall. 

5062     No.  1098.     Near  Coot  Pond.     L.  Mowbray.    Aug.  26,1903. 


86  FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 

A  small  individual  of  this  very  rare  Brotulid  was  obtained  by 
Mr.  L.  Mowbray  and  is  now  in  the  Field  Museum.  The  example  is 
not  quite  two  inches  long  including  caudal ;  it  corresponds  fully  with 
the  description  published  by  Evermann  and  Kendall  in  Bull.  U.  S.  F. 
C.  1897,  132,  pi.  9,  fig.  14. 

The  color  in  spirits  is  light  brown,  finely  punctate  with  brown 
specks.  The  lateral  line  consists  of  two  series  of  pores,  the  upper 
one,  containing  about  12  pores,  starts  slightly  above  the  opercular 
spine  and  runs  back  not  so  far  as  the  vertical  through  the  vent; 
the  second  is  on  a  lower  level  and  extends  toward  the  caudal  base, 
but  is  gradually  lost. 

247.  Brotula  barbata  (Bl.  &  Schn.). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291. 

248.  Brosmophycis  verrilli  Garman. 

BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  131. 


CCXVI.     Family  Regal ecidse. 

249.  Regalecus  glesne  (Ascanius). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,   1877,  292,  as  Regalecus 
gladius 


CCXIX.     Family  PleuronecticUe. 

250.  Platophrys  lunatus    (Linnaeus).     PLATE  FISH.. 

5272  No.    88.     Nonsuch  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  3. 

5273  No.  415.     Well  Bay,     Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  26. 

5274  No.  434.     Castle  Harbor.     Sept.  30. 

251.  Platophrys  ocellatus  (Agassiz).     PLATE  FISH. 

5275  No.  157.  Well  Bay,     Cooper's  Id.     Seine.     Sept.  5. 

5276  No.  520.  Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     4  spec.     Oct.  4. 

5277  No.  680.  Nonsuch  Bay.     Seine.     Sept.  26. 

5278  No.  684.  Long      Bay,      Cooper's      Id.     Seine.     Young. 

Sept.  25. 

5279  No.  716.     Cable  Bay,     Tucker's  Town.     Seine.     Young. 

Sept.  26. 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  87 

252.  Syacium  micrurum  Ranz. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  291,  as  Hemirhom- 
bus  aramaca. 

253.  Syacium  papillosum  (L.). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct. ,1877,  291,  as  Hemirhombus 
sole&formis. 


CCXXII.     Family  Antennariidie. 

254.  Antennarius  nuttingii  Garman.     TOAD  FISH. 

4851  No.  929.     The  Reach,     St.  George's.    L.  Mowbray.   March 

20,  1903. 

A  beautiful  example  of  this  species  was  obtained  from  M.  L.  Mow- 
bray,  who  collected  it  in  The  Reach,  St.  George's  Id.,  March  20,1903. 
It  is  2 }4  inches  long  to  base  of  middle  caudal  rays.  The  first  dorsal 
spine  has  four  narrow  white  rings  on  its  upper  half.  The  "bait"  is 
white  and  well  developed.  The  spinules  in  the  skin  are  nearly  all 
bifid. 

In  the  Key  to  Antennarius  in  Bull.  47,  U.  S.  N.  M..  p.  2718,  it  is 
stated  that  the  inside  of  the  mouth  of  A.  nuttingii  is  white,  but  by 
reference  to  the  fish  or  to  Garman's  description,  on  p.  2724  of  the 
same  Bulletin,  it  will  be  found  that  the  inside  of  the  mouth  is  black. 

255.  Antennarius  scaber  (Cuv.).     TOAD  FISH. 

4852  No.  927.     The  Reach,  St.  George's.     L.  Mowbray.     Sept. 

14,  1904. 

D.  in,  12  ;  A.  7  ;  spinules  mostly  bifid,  but  sometimes  trifid,  and 
extending  upon  all  the  fins.  Both  nostrils  tubular,  but  the  anterior 
tube  the  longer. 

In  this  individual,  which  is  4^  inches  long  to  base  of  middle  cau- 
dal rays,  the  caudal,  ventral,  and  pectoral  fins  are  covered  with  small 
roundish  dark  spots;  the  soft  dorsal  has  about  three  rows  of  dark 
spots,the  lowermost  row  containing  three  spots, which  are  larger  than 
the  eye;  the  anal  fin  is  almost  banded  with  dark  spots  and  blotches; 
the  lower  anterior  half  of  the  soft  dorsal  has  a  series  of  long,  dark 
brown  blotches  extending  downward  upon  the  back;  the  body  and 
head  are  marbled  with  dark  brown  streaks  and  blotches ;  the  belly  has 
numerous  small,  brownish  spots,  none  of  them  as  big  as  the  eye. 
Pupil  blue;  iris  dark  slaty. 


FIELD  COLUMBIAN  MUSEUM  —  ZOOLOGY,  VOL.  VII. 


FIGURE  14.    ANTENNARIUS  VERRUCOSUS   Bean. 

256.  Antennarius  verrucosus  Bean.     TOAD  FISH. 

BEAN,  Proc.  Biol.  Soc.  Wash.,  xix,  Feb.  26,  1906,  31. 

4853     No.  928.     The  Reach,     St.  George's.     L.  Mowbray.    1904. 

D.  in,  12;  A.  7;  P.  10 ;  v.  6.  First  dorsal  spine  long  and 
slender,  extending  to  base  of  third  spine;  "bait"  not  present,  and 
no  doubt  accidentally  lost.  Second  spine  free;  third  spine  firmly 
joined  by  its  membrane  to  skin  of  back  and  held  in  a  recumbent 
position!  What  remains  of  the  first  spine  is  nearly  as  long  as  the 
upper  jaw.  The  second  spine  is  l/$  as  long  as  the  upper  jaw.  The 
third  spine  is  about  twice  as  long  as*  the  second.  The  caudal  fin  is 
as  long  as  the  intermaxilla.  The  longest  dorsal  ray  is  little  more 
than  half  as  long  as  the  caudal. 

The  body  and  fins  are  everywhere  rough,  but  the  prickles  are 
small;  on  the  sides,  back,  and  belly  in  front  of  the  ventrals  are  many 
roundish  raised  clusters  of  spinules,  forming  distinct  elevations. 

The  mouth  is  almost  vertical  along  the  line  of  the  intermaxilla ; 
the  upper  jaw  equals  the  distance  from  the  pectoral  to  the  vent. 
Eye  small,  only  about  %  length  of  upper  jaw  and  %  width  of  inter- 
orbital  space. 

Color  in  spirits:  Pale  yellowish ;  inside  of  mouth  whitish ;  head  and 
body  irregularly  mottled  with  dots  and  lines  of  brownish ;  soft  dorsal 
with  about  four  small,  roundish,  ocellated  dark  spots,  none  of  them 
quite  as  large  as  the  eye;  a  diffuse  dusky  blotch  on  rays  of  soft  dorsal, 
extending  downward  on  the  back,  where  it  encloses  a  darker  nucleus 
almost  cross-shaped  on  the  right  side,  and  resembling  the  upper  part  of 
a  figure  3  on  the  left  side ;  caudal  of  left  side  with  ten  small  irregular 


JULY,  1906.     CATALOGUE  OF  BERMUDA  FISHES  —  BEAN.  89 

dark  spots,  besides  a  few  smaller  ones ;  spots  similar,  but  not  so  mimer- 
ous  on  right  side;  an  ocellated  oblong  dark  spot  on  the  anal  fin,  be- 
sides several  much  smaller  spots;  about  eight  small  dark  spots  at 
bases  of  pectoral  rays;  a  dusky  patch  under  each  pectoral  fin,  as  long 
as  the  upper  jaw,  and  in  width  about  Vs.  of  its  length;  a  smaller,  dif- 
fuse blotch  in  front  of,  the  vent ;  belly  behind  ventrals  with  a  few 
very  small  dark  points. 

The  length  of  the  example  without  caudal  fin  is   3^   inches. 

257.  Antennarius  principis  (C.  &  V.). 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  290,  as  Pterophryne 
principis. 

258.  Antennarius  stellifer  Barbour. 

BARBOUR,  Bull.  M.  C.  Z.,  XLVI,  No.  7,  1905,  132,  pi.  4. 

259.  Antennarius  radiosus  Garman. 

A  specimen  of  this  species  was  presented  to  the  U.  S.  National 
Museum  by  Mr.  F.  Goodwin  Gosling  who  collected  it  in  Bermuda.  It 
is  number  50000  of  the  National  Museum  catalogue  of  fishes. 

The  specimen  is  2%  inches  long  including  the  caudal.  The  "bait" 
is  trifid,  one  branch  pale  and  longer  than  the  other  two  which  are 
short  and  dark.  The  dark  ocellus  under  the  soft  dorsal  is  slightly 
longer  than  the  eye,  its  width  equal  to  the  length  of  the  eye. 

260.  Pterophryne  gibba  (Mitchill).     TOAD  FISH;     MOUSE  FISH. 

5290  No.  129.  Off  North  Shore.  Under  Sargass um.     Sept.  9. 

5291  No.  403.  Flatts.  Under  Sargassum.     Oct.  10. 

5292  No.  736.  Jones  Bay,  Cooper's  Id.     Under  rock.     Oct.  28. 

5293  No.  850.  Ely's  Harbor.     Seine.     Sept.  20. 

261.  Pterophryne  histrio  (Linnaeus).     DEVIL  FISH. 

GOODE,  Am.  Jour.  Sci.  Arts,  xiv,  Oct.,  1877,  290,  as  Pterophryne 
picta. 


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